Jokhu Chauhan v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Jokhu Chauhan v. State of U.P.; Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 4112 of 2020; quashing of FIR; Case Crime No. 0041 of 2020; Sections 419, 420 IPC; cheating/impersonation alleged regarding illegal appointment of teachers in Junior High School; P.S. Kotwali, District Azamgarh; FIR not quashed as cognizable offence disclosed; no-arrest protection till section 173 Cr.P.C. report subject to cooperation in investigation; Bench: Pankaj Mithal, J. and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.; Order dated 4.3.2020.
What did the court decide?
Direction that the petitioner shall not be arrested till submission of the report under section 173 Cr.P.C., conditional on the petitioner participating and cooperating in the investigation, which is to be completed most expeditiously in accordance with law; prayer for quashing of the FIR declined. ¶8