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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11942 of 2025 Court No. - 46 HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J.
HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
2. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following relief:
"A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding to direct the respondent No. 2 to 3 to conduct the fair and proper investigation in to the matter and submit the police report as soon as possible in pursuance of the First Information Report dated 8.9.2023, registered as Case Crime No. 0208 of 2023, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, P. S. Obra, District- Sonbhadra. B. Issue a writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the circumstances of the case. C. Award the cost to the petitioner."
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that though the first information report in the instant case has been registered in the year 2023, however, the police has not yet concluded the investigation and the investigation is progressing at a snail pace.
4. Per contra, learned AGA has submitted that in the instant case, investigating is in progress and as against co-accused Amit Chaddha, charge sheet has been submitted and so far as the other accused persons are concerned, the investigation is still in progress and is likely to be concluded Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Syed Irfan Ali Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Ashok Chaddha .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s)
with all expedition.
5. In view thereof, since the investigation in the instant case is in progress, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Sonbhadra/respondent No. 2 to ensure that the investigation in the instant case is concluded in a fair, impartial and expeditious manner.
6. With the aforesaid observation, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. September 25, 2025 KU CRLP No. 11942 of 2025 2 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- KALIM UDDIN SIDDIQUI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad