Hazra Shekh v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:10547-DB; CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 1317 of 2025; decided 22.1.2025. Petitioner Hazra Shekh, wife of co-accused Mohd. Arfi alias Kamran named in the FIR, sought direction to SP Jaunpur to have SHO PS Sarai Khwaja investigate Case Crime No. 0169 of 2024 under Sections 302, 120B, 506, 34 IPC at PS Shahganj, District Jaunpur. Held: petition not maintainable at her instance; writ petition dismissed. Statute references: IPC Sections 302, 120B, 506, 34. No precedent cases engaged.
What did the court decide?
This court held that the present writ petition, filed at the instance of the petitioner (the wife of one of the co-accused named in the first information report), is not maintainable. ¶9