(1.) Heard Sri Brajesh Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Alok Krishan Tripathi, learned counsel for the informant and Smt. Manju Thakur, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State-respondents.
(2.) The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned first information report dtd. 6/4/2023 registered as Case Crime No. 216 of 2023 under Ss. 366, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- Jeanpur, District- Azamgarh, and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioners pursuant to impugned first information report.
(3.) It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the informant/respondent no. 4, Ram Bilas Rajbhar had given an application u/s 156 (3) Cr.P.C. regarding alleged incident dtd. 28/12/2022 at 11.30 hours on which Judicial Magistrate, Azamgarh, passed an order dtd. 3/4/2023 whereby first information report against the petitioners was lodged on 6/4/2023 as Case Crime No. 216 of 2023 u/s 366, 120-B I.P.C., P.S.- Jeanpur, District- Azamgarh.