Ashwani Rai and Another v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
In this criminal miscellaneous writ petition, the petitioners sought to quash an FIR. The High Court held that the FIR disclosed a cognizable offence and refused to quash it, but directed the lower courts to expeditiously decide the petitioners' bail application if filed within thirty days.
What did the court decide?
The prayer for quashing the FIR was refused with a direction to the lower courts to hear bail applications expeditiously if filed within thirty days.