ORDER

Mukta Gupta, J. - W.P.(CRL) 249/2019

CRL.M.A. 1700/2019 (stay)

1. By this petition, petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari quashing the lookout circular (in short 'LOC') issued by respondent against the petitioner in relation to RC No.224/2017/A-001.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the above noted RC was registered against four named accused namely Moin Akhtar Qureshi, Aditya Sharma, Pradeep Koneru and A.P. Singh and other unknown persons/public servants. The petitioner was not named in the RC however, was summoned as witness number of times, which the petitioner joined. Petitioner was a witness in this case is evident from the fact that his statement was recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. Till date, the investigation of the respondent is not complete and the petitioner has not been sent as an accused for trial. It is submitted that the LOC qua the two named accused in the FIR, i.e. Moin Akhtar Qureshi and Pradeep Koneru have been quashed by the learned Special Court and this Court respectively however, it subsists qua the petitioner. It is contended that the petitioner has always cooperated in the investigation and in terms of the decision of the Division Ben