Farhan Vaheed and 5 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, order dated 17.12.2020 (Pankaj Naqvi & Vivek Agarwal, JJ.), dismisses Crl. Misc. Writ Petition No. 6988 of 2020 (Farhan Vaheed v. State of U.P.) praying for mandamus against arrest and quashing of FIR dated 17.2.2020, Case Crime No. 62/2020, P.S. Keedganj, Prayagraj (ss. 419/420/467/468/471/406/323/504/506/284/377/342/379/427/343/307/511/120B/386/354-B/393/363/326-B/34/498-A IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act). Alternate remedy of anticipatory bail/bail available under notification No. 108/69-V-1-19-1 (Ka)-20-2018 dated 6.6.2019; interim order vacated; contentions left open.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed because the correctness of the FIR allegations would have to be tested on the materials collected during the course of investigation, and by insertion of notification No.108/69-V-1-19-1 (Ka)-20-2018 dated 6th June 2019 an alternate remedy is available to the petitioners to seek anticipatory bail/bail as they may be advised.