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ANWAR VAKEEL @ ANWAR HUSSAIN AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/13697/2025 · 2025-07-09

Avnish Saxena, Siddharth

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:109981-DB Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 13697 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anwar Vakeel @ Anwar Hussain And 4 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Indra Jit Singh,S.M.Ayaz Ali,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. Heard Sri O. P. Singh, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Indra Jit Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner; learned counsel for respondent and learned AGA for State-respondents. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 08.06.2025, registered as Case Crime No.0280 of 2025, under sections- 3,5 and 8 of the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, Police Station Goverdhan, District - Mathura, and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of impugned First Information Report. There are allegation that some remains of dead animals were thrown at the particular place which may have resulted in communal unrest. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case without any credible evidence against them. With regard to the allegations made in the F.I.R., investigating officer of the police is investigating the matter. 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. During the period of investigation and till cognizance is taken on the police report by the court concerned, the petitioners in this petition shall not be arrested. In case of non-cooperation with the police investigation by the petitioners, it shall be open for either of the respondents to file recall application of this order. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 SS Digitally signed by :- SURENDER SINGH NARANG High Court of Judicature at Allahabad