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2025 DAILYLAW 48656 (ALL)

SMT. TRIPTI SHARMA v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/8257/2025 · 2025-04-28

Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, Sandeep Chaudhary Joint Registrar Judicial

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:65985-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8257 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Tripti Sharma Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar Gupta,Prashant Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-X,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying for the following reliefs: "It, is therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly pleased to issue ad- interim mandamus commanding the respondents not to arrest the petitioners in Case Crime no.0115 of 2025 under Sections 85, 80(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station-Khutahan, District-Jaunpur registered in pursuance of impugned First Information Report dated 18.04.2025 (Annexure No.1 of writ petition) and/or grant such other and further relief which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the case, otherwise the applicant shall suffer irreparable loss and injury." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned FIR has been lodged on false/vexatious/mischievous allegations and no offences are made out against the petitioner. 4. Learned AGA opposed the prayer for quashing of the FIR, which discloses cognizable offence. 5. The correctness of the allegations would have to be tested on the basis of the materials collected during the course of investigation and therefore, in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana and others vs. Bhajan Lal and others, 1992 Supp. (1) SCC 335 and M/s Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2021 SC 1918 and in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No.3262/2021 (Leelavati Devi @ Leelawati & another vs. the State of Uttar Pradesh) decided on 07.10.2021 and the latest judgment in Criminal Appeal No. 843 of 2024 arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 10913 of 2023 (Directorate of Enforcement vs. Niraj Tyagi & ors.), no case has been made out for interference with the impugned first information report. 6. The writ petition is disposed of leaving it open for the petitioner to apply before the competent court for bail/ anticipatory bail in accordance with law. 7. It is made clear that we have not adjudicated the contentions raised by learned counsel for the petitioner and the same are left open for the petitioner to raise at an appropriate stage in an appropriate proceeding, in accordance with law. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 NLY (Anil Kumar-X,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- NAND LAL YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad