Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal v. Ram Pratap Singh Superintendent Police and Another

Court No. - 9 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3441 of 2017 Applicant :- Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal Opposite Party :- Ram Pratap Singh Superintendent Police And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Rashid Ali Counsel for Opposite Party :- K.R. Singh,Piyush Shukla Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. List has been revised. No one is present for the applicant. Sri Manoj Kumar Pandey, learned Standing Counsel is present for the State. The writ Court on 23.03.2017 in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.4120 of 2017 had passed the following order : "Heard Sri Rashid Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vikas Sahai, learned A.G.A. and perused the impugned F.I.R. as well as material brought on record. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer that suitable direction may be issued to the respondents to conclude the investigation of Case Crime No. 0958 of 2016, under Sections 406, 419, 407, 468, 471, 420 I.P.C., P.S. Robertsganj, District Sonbhadra. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, who is the informant of the case has lodged the F.I.R. on 15.10.2016 against the accused persons named in the F.I.R. but the investigation of the case has not yet been concluded till date. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner, we direct the Investigating Officer of the present case to conclude the investigation and submit a police report before the court concerned expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. The S.P., Sonbhadra is directed to ensure the compliance of this order. With the aforesaid direction, the present petition stands disposed of." Today instructions have come from the State side, wherein it has been stated that investigation has been concluded on 17.02.2023. As the order of the writ Court was only to the extent to conclude the investigation, which the opposite party has done, the contempt application has rendered infructuous and stands dismissed. Contempt notice stands discharged. Order Date :- 12.10.2023 Kushal High Court of Judicature at Allahabad