Allahabad HC Orders CBI Probe Against Woman, Her Counsel For Filing False FIRs Containing Rape Allegations
The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe a woman and her counsel for lodging 'false' FIRs against men for serious offences including rape.A bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Brij Raj Singh noted that it was apparent that the informant and her counsel were in collusion and lodged false FIRs against many people for serious...
The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe a woman and her counsel for lodging 'false' FIRs against men for serious offences including rape.
A bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Brij Raj Singh noted that it was apparent that the informant and her counsel were in collusion and lodged false FIRs against many people for serious offences only to extract money from them.
The division bench passed this order while dealing with a criminal writ plea moved by Arvind Yadav and another facing an FIR under Sections 64, 74, 115(2), 316(2), 324(4), 333, 351(3), 352 of the BNS, 2023 and Section 66D of IT Act, 2008.
Before the Court, the counsel for the petitioners submitted that the informant/ victim in the instant case was regularly filing false complaints/ FIRs and lodged as many as 11 of them against a large number of persons; now, the 12th one is against the petitioners.
The counsel also provided details of 11 other FIRs, claiming that all the complaints the informant/ victim lodged were through the same lawyer.
On the other hand, the AGA also submitted that such complaint cases were being lodged under different offences, and the present FIR was also in continuation with the same.
It was also submitted that her counsel has also filed many criminal cases and FIRs against different persons.
Considering the seriousness of the allegations with regard to the lodging of a large number of criminal complaints by the victim/ informant through her counsel against a large number of persons of a similar nature, the court deemed it appropriate to direct the CBI to enquire into the matter and submit its report by April 10.
In view of the above, until further orders, the court provided that the petitioners shall not be arrested in the case unless and until there is sufficient and credible evidence available against them indicating the commission of offence as alleged in the FIR.