(1.) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned AGA.
(2.) The petitioner is an accused in a case under the Gambling Act and has also been booked under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti -Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. He prays for quashing of the impugned FIR for the offence under the Gangster Act.
(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a co -accused in the very case had approached this Court and filed Crl. Misc. Writ Petition No. 19398 of 2015 where an interim protection has been granted by a division Bench on 11.8.2015. A copy of the said order in a pending petition is annexed as annexure 3 to the petition and is extracted hereunder: