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2025 DAILYLAW 102417 (ALL)

RAM PRAKASH SHIROMANI v. SANJEEV SUMAN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE

CAPL/5587/2025 · 2025-10-05

Piyush Agrawal

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5587 of 2025 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 25.2.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 2947 of 2025 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under: " 4. In the aforesaid factual situation, we are of the view that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the instant petition pending consideration and we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the police authorities to conclude the investigation of the aforesaid case fairly, impartially and expeditiously, which shall be done under supervision of the concerned A.C.P., preferably within three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. 5. Needless to add that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and the competent authority/Investigating Officer should act strictly in accordance with law. " Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 29.3.2025 , but the opposite party has willfully not complied with the order and, thus, has committed civil contempt liable for punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Prima facie, a case of contempt has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the writ Court order. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is accorded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court in its letter and spirit within three months from the date of production of a copy of this order. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bipin Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ram Prakash Shiromani .....Applicant(s) Sanjeev Suman, Senior Superintendent Of Police .....Opposite Party(s) The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed stamped envelope to the office within one week from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ Court and intimate the applicant(s) of the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter. With the aforesaid observations, this application is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party within the stipulated time as aforementioned. October 6, 2025 Rahul Dwivedi/- CAPL No. 5587 of 2025 2 (Piyush Agrawal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAHUL DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad