Pradeep Kumar v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION 2763 of 2025, decided 14.2.2025 (Siddharth and Praveen Kumar Giri, JJ.; neutral citation 2025:AHC:21362-DB). Petitioner Pradeep Kumar sought fair investigation of FIR dated 11.5.2022, Case Crime No. 100 of 2022, Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 406 IPC, Police Station Khuthan, District Jaunpur. Petition disposed of: investigating officer to conclude investigation within 60 days of production of certified copy of order; on failure, petitioner may seek Trial Court monitoring of investigation as per Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P. (Apex Court judgement). Keywords: fair investigation, monitoring of investigation, writ disposal, time-bound investigation.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the investigating officer to conclude the investigation within 60 days from the date of production of the certified copy of the order; on failure, the petitioner may approach the Trial Court for monitoring of the investigation as per the judgement of the Apex Court in Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P.