Court No. - 1
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 23157 of 2018
Petitioner :- Sonu @ Krishan Pal Singh And Another
Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Binod Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.
Heard Sri Binod Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Deepak Mishra, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record.
The relief sought in this petition is for quashing of the F.I.R. dated 18.03.2016 registered as Case Crime No. 29 of 2016, under Section 60/72 Excise Act, Police Station Sakrauli, District Etah.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case with malafide intention.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for quashing of the F.I.R. which discloses cognizable offence.
The Full Bench of this Court in Ajit Singh @ Muraha v. State of U.P. (2006 (56) ACC 433) reiterated the view taken by the earlier Full Bench in Satya Pal v. State of U.P. (2000 Cr.L.J. 569) after considering the various decisions including State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal (AIR 1992 SC 604) that there can be no interference with the investigation or order staying arrest unless cognizable offence is not ex-facie discernible from the allegations contained in the F.I.R. or there is any statutory restriction operating on the power of the Police to investigate a case.
From the perusal of the FIR, prima facie it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out. Hence no ground exists for quashing of the F.I.R. or staying the arrest of the petitioners.
The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.)
Order Date :- 24.8.2018 VKG