Rawwanti Devi @ Ramwanti Devi And ... vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
 
 

?Court No. - 1
 

 
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 13666 of 2018
 

 
Petitioner :- Rawwanti Devi @ Ramwanti Devi And Another
 
Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others
 
Counsel for Petitioner :- Vivek Singh,Bairister Singh
 
Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
 

 
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J.

Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.

Heard Sri Bairister Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri N.K. Verma, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the impugned FIR as well as material brought on record.

This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to quash the FIR dated 22.4.2018, registered as case crime No.202 of 2018, under Sections 272, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. and Section 60/63 of U.P. Excise Act, Police Station Cholapur, District Varanasi.

It has been submitted by the petitioners that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case with malafide intention due to village politics. He further submits that no incriminating article has been recovered either at the pointing out of the petitioners or from their possession of the petitioners. He next argued that the impugned FIR has been lodged by the respondent no.4 against the petitioners containing absolutely false, concocted, vague and sweeping allegations against them. It has next been submitted that apart from the bald allegations made in the FIR no credible evidence whatsoever is forthcoming even prima facie indicating at the petitioners' complicity in the commission of the alleged offence qua the petitioner no.1 who is mother of petitioner no.2, hence the impugned FIR is liable to be quashed.

Per contra learned AGA for the State submitted that the impugned FIR is not liable to be quashed on the basis of the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners.

After having heard learned counsel for the parties present and perused the impugned FIR as well as the other material brought on record, we dispose of this writ petition with the following directions:

(i) Investigation of the aforesaid case shall go on but the petitioner no.1 who is mother of petitioner no.2 shall not be arrested in the aforesaid case till the submission of police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C., subject to her cooperation during investigation.

(ii) As far as the petitioner no. 2 is concerned, the petition stand dismissed.

With this direction, this petition is finally disposed of.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh-I,J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.)

Order Date :- 25.5.2018/NS