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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9492 of 2018 Petitioner :- Sushma Singh @ Kusma And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shashank Singh,A/Nm0048 Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vipin Sinha,J. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard Ms. Vijeta Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This writ petition has been filed with the prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned F. I. R. which has been registered as Case Crime No. 0057 of 2018, under Sections- 498A, 304-B IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S.- Jafarganj, District Fatehpur.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that petitioner no.2 is the Dewar of the deceased and petitioner no. 1 is his wife. The deceased was living separately alongwith small child. The petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case. The impugned first information report has been lodged by the complainant- respondent containing absolutely false and concocted allegations against the petitioner(s) with the ulterior intention of harassing the petitioners; entire family members have been implicated in the present case on the basis of general allegations; apart from the bald allegations made in the impugned F.I.R., no evidence is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the complicity of the petitioners in the commission of alleged offence and hence the impugned F.I.R. which is a bundle of lies and motivated by malice, is liable to be quashed.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the impugned F. I. R., it cannot be said that no cognizable offence is made out, hence the impugned F.I.R. is not liable to be quashed.
Having heard the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and perused the impugned first information as well as the other material brought on record, we are not inclined to quash the impugned F.I.R.
However, considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and also in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the cases of B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana; 2003(4) SCC 675 and Rajesh Sharma and others v. State of U.P. and others decided on 27.7.2017 passed in Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.2013 of 2017, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction that the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforementioned case till submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. However, petitioners shall participate and co- operate with the investigation and police authorities shall conclude the investigation as early as possible.
With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 24.4.2018 R