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2016 DIGILAW 3852 (ALL)

Shivam Sharma v. State of U. P.

2016-11-30

RAMESH SINHA, REKHA DIXIT

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JUDGMENT Heard Sri Rajat Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri A.P.Paul, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the record. The relief sought in this petition is for quashing of the F.I.R. dated 5.11.2016 registered as Case Crime No.1607 of 2016, under Sections 376, 323, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Nai Mandi, District Muzaffar Nagar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the victim is a major girl. He further submits that there was live-in relationship between the petitioner and the victim respondent no.4. The matter was compromised between the petitioner and the victim and the petitioner paid a sum of Rs. 4 lacs in cash to the victim but she lodged the present FIR against the petitioner with a malafide intention for harassment. Learned AGA opposed the prayer for quashing of the FIR and submitted that consent which was obtained was a deceitful payment of money by way of cash and there is no documentary proof regarding the same. The Full Bench of this court in Ajit Singh @ Muraha v. State of U.P. and others (2006 (56) ACC 433) reiterated the view taken by the earlier Full Bench in Satya Pal v. State of U.P. and others (2000 Cr.L.J. 569) that there can be no interference with the investigation or order staying arrest unless cognizable offence is not ex-facie discernible from the allegations contained in the F.I.R. or there is any statutory restriction operating on the power of the Police to investigate a case as laid down by the Apex Court in various decisions including State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal and others ( AIR 1992 SC 604 ) attended with further elaboration that observations and directions contained in Joginder Kumar's case (Joginder Kumar v. State of U.P. and others (1994) 4 SCC 260 contradict extension to the power of the High Court to stay arrest or to quash an F.I.R. under article 226 and the same are intended to be observed in compliance by the Police, the breach whereof, it has been further elaborated, may entail action by way of departmental proceeding or action under the contempt of Court Act. The Full Bench has further held that it is not permissible to appropriate the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the constitution as an alternative to anticipatory bail which is not invocable in the State of U.P. attended with further observation that what is not permissible to do directly cannot be done indirectly. The learned counsel for the petitioner has not brought forth anything cogent or convincing to manifest that no cognizable offence is disclosed prima facie on the allegations contained in the F.I.R. or that there was any statutory restriction operating on the police to investigate the case. Having scanned the allegations contained in the F.I.R. the Court is of the view that the allegations in the F.I.R. do disclose commission of cognizable offence and, therefore, no ground is made out warranting interference by this Court. The prayer for quashing the same is refused. The petition lacks merit and is accordingly, dismissed.