Sanjay Kumar and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Sanjay Kumar v. State of U.P.; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad; CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 2733 of 2022; decided 30.3.2022 by Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Rajnish Kumar, JJ.; FIR (Case Crime No. 22 of 2022, Sections 3/7 Essential Commodity Act 1955, P.S. Kandva, District Chandauli) not quashed as cognizable offence prima facie disclosed; direction issued to police to comply with Section 41-A Cr.P.C. during investigation since offence punishable with less than seven years.
What did the court decide?
Relief confined, at the instance of learned counsel for the petitioners, to a direction that the police authorities comply with the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. while conducting the investigation; the prayer to quash the FIR was declined. ¶8