Court No. - 29
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4419 of 2018 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Raghuraj Singh,Girish Chandra Maurya Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Govind Mathur,J. Hon'ble Rajiv Lochan Mehrotra,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the respondents-State and perused the record.
This petition for writ under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is preferred with a prayer to quash the first information report dated 04.02.2018 bearing Case Crime No. 0020 of 2018 pending investigation at Police Station - Sarpataha, District - Jaunpur pertaining to offence punishable under Sections 376, 420 IPC.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no case is made out against the petitioner for the offences referred in the first information report.
Having considered the facts stated in the first information report, we do not find any just reason to quash the first information report as that discloses commission of an offence cognizable.
However, looking to the nature of the case and other surrounding circumstances, we deem it appropriate to direct the respondent no. 3- Station House Officer not to arrest the petitioner- Vinod Kumar in relation to first information report referred to above till submission of the police report under Section 173 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Petitioner shall cooperate in the investigation.
The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly.
Order Date :- 22.2.2018 Rameez .
(Rajiv Lochan Mehrotra,J.) (Govind Mathur,J.)