Sarvesh Kumar Maurya & Anr. vs State Of ...
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
 
 

?Court No. - 9
 
Case :- MISC. BENCH No. - 9077 of 2021
 
Petitioner :- Sarvesh Kumar Maurya & Anr.
 
Respondent :- State Of U.P.Thru.Secy.Home,Lucknow & Ors.
 
Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Singh Chauhan,Alok Kumar Singh
 
Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
 

 
Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J.

Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and A.G.A for the State.

The punishment for the offences mentioned in the impugned F.I.R. is less than seven years.

Issuance of notice to the opposite party no.3 is dispensed with.

This petition seeks issuance of a writ or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the FIR registered as case crime no.50 of 2021 under Sections 406, 420, 504, 506 IPC R/w 3(1)(Da)/3(1) 3/(1)(Dha)/3(2) (va) SC/ST Act at Police Station Isha Nagar District Kheri.

Learned Additional Government Advocate looking to the gravity of punishment being less than seven years has stated that the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. shall be strictly followed in terms of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in a case reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273: Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another.

The present petition deserves to be disposed of in terms of the statement made by learned AGA.

Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra).

Order Date :- 26.3.2021

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