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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:37527-DB
Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8156 of 2024 Petitioner :- Mohammad Wajir Respondent :- State Of Up And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- G.A.,Om Prakash Singh Sisodia,Sunil Kumar Singh Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.
1. Heard Sri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents.
2. The instant writ petition has been preferred for a direction in the nature of certiorari to quash history sheet no. 18A dated 07-02- 2024 opened against the petitioner at police station Bhawaniganj, district Siddharthnagar.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedents and he has placed heavy reliance upon an information received under the Right to Information Act, 2005 and states that there is no history sheet no. 18A dated 07-02-2024. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that in spite of the best endeavour till date neither the requested information has been provided nor the Superintendent of Police, Siddharthnagar has taken any decision regarding the application for quashing the impugned history sheet no. 18A dated 07-02-2024.
4. Learned A.G.A. states that the authority concerned shall consider and decide any application filed by the petitioner in accordance with law.
5. Considering the facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction that the petitioner shall file an appropriate application before respondent no. 3 (Superintendent of Police, Siddharthnagar) within ten days from today, and the Superintendent of Police, Siddharthnagar, shall consider and decide the said application
strictly in accordance with law, preferably within three months from the date of its filing. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. Order Date :- 17.3.2025 pks (Prashant Kumar, J.) (M.C. Tripathi, J.) Digitally signed by :- PANKAJ KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad