Court dismissed the criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking non-arrest and quashing of an FIR. The bench held that the correctness of allegations requires investigation and alternate remedies exist under judicial notification. The merits were left open.
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Court No. - 43
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11255 of 2020
Petitioner :- Pushplata Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Sharma,Sanjay Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Pankaj Naqvi,J. Hon'ble Vivek Agarwal,J.
Heard Sri Sanjay Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.A.
This writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, directing the respondent concerned, not to arrest the petitioner, with a further prayer for quashing the impugned FIR dated 10.1.2020 in Case Crime No. 17 of 2020, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station- Nawab Ganj District- Prayagraj.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that FIR has been lodged on false / vexatious / mischievous allegations, no offences are made out, FIR be quashed.
Learned AGA has opposed the submission.
The correctness of the allegations would have to be tested on the basis of the materials collected during the course of investigation as by insertion of notification No.1058/79-V-1-191 (Ka)-20-2018 dated 6th June 2019, an alternate remedy is available to the petitioner to seek for an anticipatory bail/bail, as the case may be.
The writ petition is dismissed .
It is made clear that we have not adjudicated the contentions
raised which are left open for the petitioner to raise at an appropriate stage in an appropriate proceeding, in accordance with law.
The party shall file a computer generated copy of this order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by the petitioner alongwith a self attested identity proof of the said person (s) (preferably Aadhar Card).
The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 14.12.2020 A.N. Mishra
Digitally signed by Justice Pankaj Digitally signed by Justice Vivek Naqvi Agarwal Date: 2020.12.18 13:01:30 IST Date: 2020.12.18 13:09:13 IST Reason: Document Owner Reason: Document Owner Location: High Court of Judicature at Location: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Allahabad
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition praying for non-arrest and quashing of FIR be allowed.
Pushplata
State Of U.P.
2 Others
Pankaj Naqvi
Vivek Agarwal
As recorded by the court registry
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