Ram Janak And Another vs State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. ...
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
 
 

?Court No. - 6
 

 
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1811 of 2022
 

 
Petitioner :- Ram Janak And Another
 
Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Civil Secrtt. Lko And Ors
 
Counsel for Petitioner :- Dinesh Kumar Ojha
 
Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
 

 
Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J.

Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned 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. 4 is dispensed with.

This petition seeks issuance of a direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 12.1.2022 registered as Case Crime No. 010 of 2022 under Sections 504, 506 I.P.C., police station Kandhdai, district Pratapgarh.

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 A.G.A.

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 :- 7.4.2022

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