MOHD SHARIF Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Shri Gopal Chaturvedi, learned Senior Advocate and Shri N. I. Jafri for the petitioner and Shri Irfan Chaudhary and Shri C. Chatterjee for the complainant and learned Additional Government Advocate.

(2.) THE allegations in this case were that the petitioner Dr. Mohd. Sharif, is a Reader in the Sanskrit Department of Aligarh Muslim University had sought to proposition the informant-respondent No. 3, Miss Asma Javed, who was a student of Aligarh Muslim University, on 2-3-2006 in an immoral manner causing mental harassment to her after calling her to his room. After Asma complained to the University authorities, she was pressurize to withdraw her complaint and on 23-3-2006 at about 7. 00 or 7. 30 in the evening the petitioner sent some unknown persons, who sought to compel her to take her complaint back, they even fired at her. She lodged a complaint about this incident with the Proctor of Aligarh Muslim University on 23-3-2006 and when no action was taken on her complaint to the Proctor nor was it forwarded to the police station concerned, she lodged an FIR on 29-8-2006 annexing therewith her complaint to the Proctor dated 23-3-2006, which was registered at case crime No. 375 of 2006, under Sections 294/506/307/509/ 120-B IPC, police station Civil Lines, District Aligarh.

(3.) IT was further argued that no action should be taken against the petitioner as the FIR was lodged very belatedly after six months, even though the incident has taken place on 23-3-2006.