Writ petition to quash FIR under Cow Slaughter Act was refused. Petitioners granted liberty not to be arrested until police report is filed under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., conditional on cooperating with investigation.
FIR not quashed; liberty granted not to be arrested till police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C. submitted.
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Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 10369 of 2019
Petitioner :- Ayyub Hafiz @ Jamani And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Chauhan,Alok Sharma Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-IX,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned AGA for the respondents-State and perused the record.
The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners invoking the extra ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to quash the first information report dated 5.12.2018 bearing Case Crime No. 592 of 2018, under Section 3/8/5 Cow Slaughter Act, Police Station Banda, district Shahjahanpur.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are unnecessarily being harassed by the police authorities. The first information report has been lodged by the respondent no. 3 with the allegations that the petitioners have indulged in slaughtering cow. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the entire prosecution story is the outcome of personal grudge of the respondent no. 3. There is nothing on record to substantiate the allegation made against the petitioners rather it reflects the manoeuvring on the part of the respondent no. 3. Therefore, the first information report so lodged by the respondent no. 3 is liable to be quashed.
Per contra the learned A.G.A. contended that the allegations contained in the first information report cannot be nipped in the bud. There are sufficient material showing the complicity of the petitioners. The innocence of the petitioners cannot be adjudged at this stage.
From perusal of the F.I.R., prima facie cognizable offences is made out at this stage against the petitioners therefore, we do not find any cogent or
convincing reason to quash the first information report. The prayer for quashing the first information report is refused.
However, in the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioners, it is directed that the petitioners shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case till the submission of police report under Section 173 (2) Cr.P.C., subject to the restraint that the petitioners shall co-operate with the investigation and shall appear as and when called upon to assist in the investigation.
With the above direction, this petition is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 19.4.2019 Shahnawaz
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the first information report under Section 3/8/5 Cow Slaughter Act be liable to be quashed.
Whether the petitioners should be arrested pending investigation.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Ayyub Hafiz @ Jamani And Another
State Of U.P.
2 Others
Naheed Ara Moonis
Anil Kumar-IX
As recorded by the court registry
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