Writ petition filed to quash an FIR and protect the petitioner from arrest. Petitioner sought to withdraw the petition with liberty to apply for bail. Court disposed of the petition granting the liberty without expressing an opinion on merits.
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to apply for anticipatory bail or bail.
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Court No. - 46
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5442 of 2021
Petitioner :- Prabhakar Shukla Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Om Prakash Rai,Ashish Rai Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Abhinav Gaur,Mohd. Rashid Siddiqui
Hon'ble Surya Prakash Kesarwani,J. Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.A.
This writ petition has been filed praying for the following reliefs:
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned FIR No. 0084 of 2021, dated 04.03.2021, under Section 67 of Copy Right Act, Police Station George Town, District Prayagraj.
(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents not arrest the petitioner in pursuance of the impugned FIR No. 0084 of 2021, dated 04.03.2021, under Section 67 of Copy Right Act, Police Station George Town, District Prayagraj".
After the arguments were heard at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner wants to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to apply for anticipatory bail/ bail.
Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the aforesaid request of the petitioner.
In view of the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed off with liberty to the petitioner to apply for anticipatory bail/ bail as permissible under law and in accordance with law.
It is made clear that we have not expressed any opinion on merits of the case of the petitioner.
Order Date :- 24.8.2021 T.S.
Prabhakar Shukla
State Of U.P.
3 Others
Surya Prakash Kesarwani
Piyush Agrawal
As recorded by the court registry
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