The Allahabad High Court dismissed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking quashing of an FIR. The court held that since the petitioner was not named in the FIR, he lacked locus standi to file the petition.
The writ petition for quashing the FIR is dismissed.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:196432-DB
Court No. - 43
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 15982 of 2023
Petitioner :- Aftab Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vidit Narayan Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Anjani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Order Date :- 11.10.2023 Himanshu
Digitally signed by :- HIMANSHU YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a person not named in the FIR has locus standi to file a writ petition for quashing the FIR.
Aftab
State Of U.P.
Anjani Kumar Mishra
Vivek Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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