Om Prakash Yadav vs Niranjan Kumar Upadhyay

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2024 Supreme(SC) 1188

MANOJ MISRA, J. B. PARDIWALA
Om Prakash Yadav – Appellant
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Niranjan Kumar Upadhyay – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Ravindra Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Mandal, Adv. Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Ms. Akriti Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Priyam Kaushik, Adv. Mr. R. S. Yadav, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Mayank Sapre, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Mrs. Nanita Sharma, AOR Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Rana, Adv. Mr. Harshit Shishodia, Adv.

JUDGMENT

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. These appeals arise out of the common Judgment and Order passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated 19.04.2018 in Criminal Misc. Writ Application Nos. 4080 of 2009 and 32494 of 2009 respectively filed by the respondent nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 respectively under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, the “CrPC”) whereby the High Court allowed the applications and quashed the proceedings of Case No. 67 of 2008 (State vs. Niranjan Kumar Upadhyay) as well as Case No. 67-A of 2009 (State vs. Ram Prakash Gunkar and others) pending before the CJM, Firozabad, both arising out of Case Crime No. 617 of 2007 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 302, 201 and 120-B respectively of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, the “IPC”) with the Dakshin Police Station, District Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh.

A. FACTUAL MATRIX

3. On 12.10.2007, at 09:15 am, Om Prakash Yadav (hereinafter, the “appellant”) lodged a First Information Report (hereinafter, “FIR”) as Case Crime No. 617 of 2007 for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302 and 307 of IPC respe