Neelu Gupta and 2 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. of Home Govt. of U.P. Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4784 of 2023 Petitioner :- Neelu Gupta And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Of Home Govt. Of U.P. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shobhit Singh,Ajai Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.

¶1Vakalatnama filed by Sri Avdhesh Chandra Dwivedi on behalf of opposite party No.4 is taken on record.

¶2Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondent as well as Sri Avdhesh Chandra Dwivedi, learned counsel for opposite party No.4.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioner No.1 is unmarried sister-in-law of the complainant, petitioner No.2 is the wife of the elder brother of the husband of the complainant and petitioner No.3 is the elder brother of the husband of the complainant. There are allegations under Sections 498A, 313 323, 506 of I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act but the allegation under Section 313 IPC are against the husband of the mother-in-law. There is a growing tendency of implicating every family member in a domestic case.

¶4In view thereof, we dispose of this writ petition with direction that till some credible evidence is collected or found against the petitioners, they shall not be arrested in relation to the F.I.R. in question however, they shall cooperate in the investigation. Order Date :- 22.6.2023 Saurabh Yadav/- (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J) (Dinesh Kumar Singh,J) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench