The Court dismissed a writ petition seeking a stay on arrest and quashing of an FIR without adjudicating the merits, advising the petitioners to pursue an application for anticipatory bail instead.
None granted. Petition dismissed without prejudice to the right to apply for anticipatory bail.
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Court No. - 43
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4186 of 2020
Petitioner :- Rajni Devi And 4 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vishnu Kumar Patil Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Pankaj Naqvi,J. Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.
Heard Vishnu Kumar Patil, learned counsel for the petitioners and Dr. S.B. Maurya, the learned A.G.A.
This writ petition has been filed, seeking a writ of mandamus, directing the respondent concerned, not to arrest the petitioners with a further prayer for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 22.1.2020 in Case Crime No.06/2020 under Sections 498A/323/504/506 I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station-Mahila Thana, district-Firozabad.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that FIR has been lodged on false/vexatious/mischievous allegations, no offences are made out, FIR be quashed.
Learned A.G.A 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-1-19-1 (Ka)-20-2018 dated 6th June 2019, an alternate remedy is available to the petitioners to seek for an anticipatory bail.
We deem it appropriate to dismiss this petition without prejudice to the right of the petitioners to apply for anticipatory bail.
The writ petition is dismissed.
It is made clear that we have not adjudicated the contentions raised which are left open for the petitioners to raise at an appropriate stage in an appropriate proceeding, in accordance with law.
Order Date:- 5.3.2020-SB
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant a writ of mandamus directing the respondents not to arrest the petitioners and to quash the impugned FIR.
Rajni Devi And 4 Others
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
Pankaj Naqvi
Saurabh Shyam Shamshery
As recorded by the court registry
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