R S PANDEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) R. C. Deepak, J. The reliefs sought in the present criminal misc. writ petition are to direct the C. B. I. or any other independent agency unaffiliated in any manner to the Government of Uttar Pradesh or appointing any Commission/committee to look into the inquiry regarding the alleged 'kunda Kaand' pursuant to letters dated 19-7-2004 and 23-7-2007 issued by the respondents No. 4 and 6, that to quash the said letters or to grant any other relief, as this Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

(2.) THE brief facts emerging from the record are that in the year 2002 the Government of Uttar Pradesh was led under the Chief Ministership of Miss Mayawati. THE petitioner was appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Police in the year 2000. On 9-11-2002 he was posted as Circle Officer, Kunda, District Pratapgarh. Sri Raghuraj Pratap Singh @ Raja Bhaiya @ Toofan Singh son of Sri Udai Pratap Singh and his father Sri Udai Pratap Singh resident of Bainti, Police Station Hathgaon, District Pratapgarh and Sri Akshay Pratap Singh @ Gopal Ji son of Sri Lal Shiv Pratap Singh resident of Jamon, Police Station Jamon, District Sultanpur have criminal backgrounds, as there is a history sheet No. 163-A of Raghuraj Pratap Singh @ Raja Bhaiya having 37 criminal cases including the cases of murders etc. Sri Uday Pratap Singh's history sheet No. 18-A having 50 criminal cases including 302 IPC and other cases of heinous nature. Similarly Akshay Pratap Singh @ Gopal Ji suffers from history of 32 criminal cases punishable for life imprisonment and death. THE relevant documents in this regard are appended as Annexure 1 and 4 to the Writ Petition. As a consequence, on 25-1-2003 the petitioner raided the house of Raghuraj Pratap Singh @ Raja Bhaiya (respondent No. 8) and his father and recovered AK-47 rifles alongwith other lethal weapons having the capacity of mass destruction, massacre and violence and in this regard a case as case crime No. 10 of 2003 under Section 3/4 POTA Act was registered at Police Station Kunda, District Pratapgarh against them and they were sent to jail, but the Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Miss Mayawati ended on 27-8-2003 and Sri Mulayam Singh Yadav was sworn as Chief Minister for the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 29-8-2003. THE misfortune of the petitioner started at the fall of Miss Mayawati's Government and a case as case crime No. 227 of 2003 under Section 3/4 Immoral Traffick (Prevention) Act, 1956 was registered against the petitioner and his family members on 28-11-2003. THE petitioner and the co-accused approached this Court by way of Criminal Misc. Writ Petitions No. 7736 of 2004,7737 of 2004, 6872 of 2004, 6873 of 2004 and 7926 of 2004 and interim relief was granted to them. THE matter was investigated and the allegations were found false and the investigating agency submitted the final report. Consequently the petitions were dismissed as being infructuous. THE present amendment withdrew the POTA case from Sri Raghuraj Pratap Singh Raja Bhaiya and others on 29-8- 2006 and Sri Raghuraj Pratap Singh @ Raja Bhaiya was sworn as Cabinet Minister in the present Government in July 2004. Sri S. K. Shukla and others filed writ petitions (criminal) No. 132 and 134 of 2003 against the order of withdrawal of POTA case in the Hon'ble Apex Court. THE Hon'ble Apex Court was pleased to set-aside the order of withdrawal of the case and considering the gravity of the offence and for fair and independent trial of the POTA case, transferred the case in the State of Madhya Pradesh. THE bail of Sri Raghuraj Pratap Singh @ Raja Bhaiya was rejected by the POTA Court, but subsequently he was released on bail.

(3.) WE have heard Sri V. P. Srivastava, learned Senior Advocate with the assistance of Sri Lav Srivastava, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vidhu Bhushan Singh, learned Additional Advocate General with Sri Vijay Shanker Misra, Government Advocate, Sri Lal Vijay Singh and Sri Amarjeet Singh, learned A. G. A. s for the State and Sri Vijay Bahadur Singh, learned Senior Advocate for respondent no,8, learned Counsel for the Union of India, Sri G. S. Hajela, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of C. B. I, and perused the record.