Km. Garima Devi v. State of U.P Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Km. Garima Devi v. State of U.P., Criminal Appeal No. 1305 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Saurabh Lavania, J.), decided 18.04.2024 — appeal under Section 14-A(i) SC/ST Act against rejection of a Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. application (Misc. Case No. 857 of 2023, Special Judge SC/ST (PA) Act, Hardoi, P.S. Pihani) dismissed; Section 156(3) rejection upheld as rape allegations against son and father deemed improbable, prior FIR dated 09.10.2023 for the same 22.04.2023 incident noted, and missing-report statements showed appellant left home voluntarily; relevant to appeals against refusal to direct registration of FIR and suspected motivated/false complaints.
What did the court decide?
The trial court rightly rejected the appellant's application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.; there is no illegality in the impugned order dated 23.01.2024.