Iqbal @ Bala vs State Of U. P. - 2023 Supreme(SC) 692

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2023 Supreme(SC) 692

B. R. GAVAI, J. B. PARDIWALA
Iqbal @ Bala – Appellant
Versus
State Of U. P. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohd. Zahid Hussain, AOR Ms. Jemtiben Ao, Adv. Ms. Mumtaz Javed Shaikh, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. Adv., A.A.G. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Manvi Dikshit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Suraj Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Akash, Adv. Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prateek Rai, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Shashank Gusain, Adv. Mr. Shubham Saxena, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal arises from an order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated 13.07.2022 in the Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 8905 of 2022 filed by the appellants herein (original accused Nos. 1, 2 and 6 respectively) by which the High Court rejected the Writ Petition and thereby declined to quash the First Information Report (FIR) No. 122 of 2022 dated 21.06.2022 for the offences punishable under Sections 376, 323 and 354(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 7 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 registered at Women’s Police Station, Mirzapur, District Saharanpur for the above enumerated offences.

FACTUAL MATRIX

3. The FIR dated 21.06.2022 reads thus:-

“Copy of the complaint written in Hindi Language-To the Senior Superintendent of Police, District – Saharanpur. Sir, I want to request that my name is X wife of Y residence of Kaswa & P.S. Mirjapur, District – Saharanpur. The complainant 3 years earlier used to work before the house of Haji Iqbal @ Balla son of Abdul Wahid residence of Kaswa Mirjapur, Saharanpur. I want to state that said Iqbal @ Balla is very much influenti

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2023 Supreme(SC) 692

B. R. GAVAI, J. B. PARDIWALAIqbal @ Bala – AppellantVersusState Of U. P. – Respondent

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B. R. GAVAI, J. B. PARDIWALA
Iqbal @ Bala – Appellant
Versus
State Of U. P. – Respondent