PAWAN SINGHAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOME, LKO. AND OTHERS
CRLP/1788/2023 · 2025-05-21
Brij Raj Singh, Vivek Chaudhary
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:30145-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1788 of 2023 Petitioner :- Pawan Singhal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home, Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shachindra Pratap Singh,Amit Kumar Pathak,Chamupati,Manish Kumar Tripathi,Rajiv Raman Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Atiya Abid Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J.
1. Heard Shri Manish Kumar Tripathi along with Shri Udian Sharma as well as Shri Jaitegan Singh Khurana, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents as well as Ms. Atiya Abid, learned counsel for respondent no.4 and perused the material available on record.
2. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 02.06.2014, bearing F.I.R./Case Crime No.1348 of 2014 for the offence under Sections 120-B, 406, 420, 467, 468 and 471 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali Sadar, District Unnao.
3. Learned A.G.A., on the basis of instructions, states that charge sheet has already been submitted in this case before the court concerned on 17.07.2023.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he wants to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to challenge the charge sheet taking all the grounds/submissions also. However, he further submits that there is a protection given by the Supreme Court in this matter after remand, the same may be extended for a period of four weeks to enable him to challenge the charge sheet looking into special circumstances of the case that the F.I.R. is of the year 2014 and the petitioner has not been arrested till date.
5. Learned A.G.A. as well as Ms. Atiya Abid, learned counsel for respondent no.4 have no objection to the same.
6. With the aforesaid liberty, the present writ petition is consigned to record as withdrawn.
7. However, looking into the aforesaid facts, it is provided that the petitioner shall not be arrested in connection with this case only for four weeks to enable him to challenge the charge sheet also. (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Vivek Chaudhary,J.) Order Date :- 21.5.2025 Anupam S/- Digitally signed by :- ANUPAM SINGH PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench