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Vikash Sharma and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Allahabad HC27 Jun 2023CRLP/8404/2023

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Disposes of a writ petition seeking quashing of an FIR and direction not to arrest. The court held that guidelines regarding arrests for offences punishable with seven years or less apply and the petition is disposed of.

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Disposed of the writ petition for quashing of FIR and direction not to arrest in accordance with cited judgments and guidelines.

Vikash Sharma and 2 Others Vs State of U.P. and 2… — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:128859-DB

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Court No. - 40

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8404 of 2023

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Petitioner :- Vikash Sharma And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Syed Ali Imam Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned AGA.

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Present writ petition has been preferred for quashing the FIR dated 20.3.2020 being Case Crime No.160 of 2020 under Sections 420, 406, 506 IPC, P.S. Sikandrabad, Distt. Bulandshahar and for a direction to respondents not to arrest the petitioners pursuant to aforesaid FIR.

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The submission is that all alleged offences are punishable with imprisonment of seven years, therefore the police authorities are bound to follow the procedure laid down under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. The petitioners have been wrongly implicated and could not be arrested. Learned counsel for the petitioners has placed reliance on the judgement of this Court dated 28.01.2021 in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.17732 of 2020 (Vimal Kumar and 3 others vs. State of UP and 3 others) in which guidelines have been framed following the judgement of the Apex Court in different cases, relating to offences providing punishment of seven years or less.

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The investigating agencies and their officers are duty bound to comply with the mandate of Section 41 and 41A of the Code and the directions issued in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273. Any dereliction on their part has to be brought to the notice of the higher authorities by the court followed by appropriate action. The principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception has been well recognised through the repetitive pronouncements of the Apex Court, which is on the touchstone of Article 21 of the Constitution of India (Ref. Nikesh Tarachand Shah v. Union of India, (2018) 11 SCC 1. This provision mandates the police officer to record his reasons in writing while making the arrest. Thus, a police officer is duty-bound to record

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the reasons for arrest in writing. The consequence of noncompliance with Section 41 shall certainly inure to the benefit of the person suspected of the offence. On the scope and objective of Section 41 and 41A, it is obvious that they are facets of Article 21 of the Constitution. The same has been elaborately dealt with in paragraphs 7.1 to 12 of the judgment in Arnesh Kumar's case (supra).

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We have gone through the impugned first information report and we are of the opinion that the guidelines framed by this Court in the above noted judgement are equally applicable to the facts of the instant case.

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Accordingly, the instant petition also stands disposed of in view of the judgments cited above.

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Order Date :- 27.6.2023 SP/

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Digitally signed by :- SURYA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Vikash Sharma and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

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