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Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11967 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shakuntala Devi Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashutosh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Nisha Mishra,Vinod Shankar Tripathi Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J.
1. Heard Sri Ashutosh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Vinod Shankar Tripathi, learned counsel for respondent and learned A.G.A. for State-respondents.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to implead the Investigating Officer of Police Station Badalapur, District Jaunpur as respondent no.3 in the writ petition during the course of day.
3. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 28.05.2025 registered as Case Crime No. 219 of 2025, under sections- 419, 420, 466, 467, 468, 471 IPC and, Police Station- Badalapur, District - Jaunpur and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of impugned First Information Report.
4. With regard to the allegations made in the F.I.R., investigating officer of the police is investigating the matter.
5. After hearing the rival contentions, totality of facts and circumstances of this case and in view of the judgment passed by Division Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Writ petition No. 7463/2024 (Shobhit Nehra Vs. State of U.P.), the above noted writ petition is disposed of directing the investigating officer to conclude the investigation of this case within period of 60 days.
6. During the period of investigation and till cognizance is taken on the police report by the court concerned, the petitioner shall not be arrested.
7. In case of non-cooperation with the police investigation by the petitioner, it shall be open for either of the respondents to file recall application of this order. Order Date :- 16.7.2025 Shivangi (Avnish Saxena, J.) (Siddharth, J.) Digitally signed by :- SHIVANGI YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad