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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:145728-DB Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18531 of 2025 Petitioner :- Manju Respondent :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vishal Agarwal Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Hon'ble Santosh Rai,J. Counter affidavit has been filed by learned counsel for opposite party no.3, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for petitioner; Sri Abhishek Tandon and Sri Vivek Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for opposite party no.3; learned AGA for State-respondents and perused the material on record. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 13.6.2025, registered as Case Crime No. 193 of 2025, under sections- 85, 115(2), 80 B.N.S. r/w Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Bhawanpur, District - Meerut, and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of impugned First Information Report. The petitioner is married Nanad of the deceased, who is alleged to have hanged to death the deceased. Husband of the deceased has already been granted bail. 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 90 days. During the period of investigation and till cognizance is taken on the police report by the court concerned, the petitioner shall not be arrested. 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 :- 23.8.2025 Ruchi Agrahari (Santosh Rai,J.) (Siddharth, J.) Digitally signed by :- RUCHI AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad