Mona Sharma and 4 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Mona Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Nidhi @ Priya Sharma, Supriya Gupta and Sumit Sharma @ Ravi v. State of U.P. and others, Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 6283 of 2020, decided 24.6.2020 (Coram: Bachchoo Lal and Ram Krishna Gautam, JJ.). Subject: quashing of FIR Case Crime No. 136 of 2019 under Sections 420, 406, 506 I.P.C. and Section 22, U.P. Regulation of Money Lending Act, 1976, P.S. Gorakhnath, District Gorakhpur; cheque/money-lending dispute alleged to be a counter blast. Outcome: FIR not quashed; conditional protection against arrest granted till police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C., subject to co-operation with investigation and non-interference with evidence; petition finally disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Protection against arrest granted to the petitioners in Case Crime No. 136 of 2019 till submission of the police report under section 173(2) Cr.P.C., conditional on their co-operating with the investigation and not tampering with or influencing the evidence; the prayer to quash the FIR was not granted.