HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16136 of 2025 Court No. - 48 HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. HON'BLE LAKSHMI KANT SHUKLA, J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent nos. 2 and 3 to ensure fair and proper investigation in pursuance of the First Information Report dated 16.07.2024, giving rise to Case Crime No. 392 of 2024, for offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 307, 323, 504 and 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Sikandra, District Agra. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Vijay Kumar Rathi, learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State and perused the documents available on record. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the impugned FIR was lodged by the petitioner on 16.07.2024 and in spite of more than one year being passed, the Police has not completed the investigation and has not even filed the charge-sheet. It is further submitted that the Police is not investigating the entire matter in the proper way and the Investigating Officer is under the influence of the respondent no. 4. It is also brought to the notice of the Court that the instant matter had earlier been referred to the Mediation Center of this Court for settlement between both the parties. Both parties appeared before the Mediation and Conciliation Center, Allahabad High Court but the mediation between both the parties could not succeed. This fact has not been contradicted by the State. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Atul Kumar Srivastava, Bhupendra Kumar Srivastava, Whaquar Ahmad Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Anu @ Anushka .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted and prayed that the instant petition may be disposed of with a direction to the Police authority, the Investigating Officer concerned, to conclude the investigation and submit a final report at the earliest preferably within a period of three months. 5. Mr. Vijay Kumar Rathi, learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State has opposed the petition but has not objected the prayer and the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the Investigating Officer concerned be directed to conclude the investigation and submit a final report as early as possible preferably within a period of three months, as the First Information Report was lodged way back in July, 2024. 6. Taking into consideration the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.A. as well as considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the view that the Investigating Officer concerned may be directed to complete the investigation of the impugned FIR dated 16.07.2024 and submit a final report as early as possible preferably within a period of three months from today. 7. Accordingly, we direct the Investigating Officer of Case Crime No. 392 of 2024, under Sections 498-A, 307, 323, 504 and 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Sikandra, District Agra to conclude the investigation of the said case crime number and submit a final report in the matter as early as possible preferably within a period of three months from today. 8. This petition is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid directions. October 7, 2025 Brijesh Maurya CRLP No. 16136 of 2025 2 (Lakshmi Kant Shukla,J.) (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad