Allahabad High Court
SATYAM GIRI AND 3 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- TARUN SAXENAMUNIR
Holding
The petition is dismissed; the FIR stands and no interference is ordered.
Summary
The petitioners, a group of locals, were named in an FIR after a Scorpio car hit a bicycle ridden by a 15‑year‑old boy and a parked car. In protest, the petitioners organized a blockade of the Mau‑Azamgarh Highway from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm, causing traffic jams and preventing ambulances from reaching patients. The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking interference with the FIR, arguing that the blockade was a legitimate protest. The Court observed that the blockade constituted a serious obstruction of a national highway and that the FIR was properly lodged to investigate the incident. No ground was found to interfere with the FIR, and the petition was dismissed. The order was directed to be communicated to the Superintendent of Police, Mau and the Station House Officer, Muhammadabad.
Issues considered
- Whether the FIR filed against the petitioners can be quashed or interfered with by a criminal miscellaneous writ petition
- Whether the blockade of a national highway by the petitioners amounts to a cognizable offence justifying the FIR
Subjects
- FIR
- highway obstruction
- public nuisance
- criminal miscellaneous writ petition
- investigation interference
- quash petition
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 10435 of 2026
Satyam Giri and others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Harendra Yadav
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 47
HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J.
HON'BLE TARUN SAXENA, J.
1. Heard Mr. Harendra Yadav, learned Counsel for the petitioners and
Mr. Shashi Shekhar Tiwari, learned Additional Government Advocate on
behalf of the State.
2. According to the First Information Report ('FIR' for short), a Scorpio
Car hit a bicycle, which a boy aged 15 years was riding. The boy was
injured. He was conveyed to Azamgarh for treatment. The Scorpio Car
also hit a parked car, which was standing at a place not meant for parking.
Regarding this incident, it is mentioned that locals, who are the
petitioners, Satyam Giri, Shivam Giri, Goli Giri and Sheshnath Giri,
garnered support of some 100-150 locals in the afternoon hours at 03:30,
brought barricading material, including bricks, and completely blocked
the main Mau-Azamgarh Highway. This blockade lasted from 03:30 p.m.
to 06:30 p.m., which led to long queues of vehicles on either side, which
were stranded. Even ambulances could not move, which were carrying
patients, as also other vehicles, carrying women and children. Their
condition worsened due to heat. Additional police force had to be
summoned to the spot, and after a lot of efforts, the blockade could be
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removed. There was sloganeering against the administration.
3. The petitioners are named in the FIR, and as the learned Counsel
appearing for them very fairly tells us, it was their car which was hit by
the Scorpio Car, which the Police say was parked at a wrong place.
Whatever it might be, the action of the petitioners in setting up a blockade
on the Mau-Azamgarh Highway is a very serious matter. Highways are
the lifeline of the country and even slightest obstruction could throw the
even tempo of life out of gear. Looking to the nature of the allegations,
this is a matter which requires a thorough investigation, and any
interference with the impugned FIR would scuttle investigation beyond
redemption.
4. No case for interference with the impugned FIR is made out.
5. In the result, this petition fails and is dismissed.
6. The Registrar (Compliance) is directed to communicate this order to
the Superintendent of Police, Mau and the Station House Officer, Police
Station Muhammadabad, Mau, both through the learned Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Mau.
(Tarun Saxena,J.) (J.J. Munir,J.)
May 7, 2026
I. Batabyal/S.K. Srivastava
Digitally signed by :-
ISHAN BATABYAL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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