2008 INSC 0136
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                                 Ankita Goel

                                                      Vs.

                                            Ashish Goel & Ors.

                                           Crl.A.No.136 of 2008

                                    (Ashok Bhan and Aftab Alam,JJ.)

                                                 21.01.2008

                                                   ORDER

Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.2908 of 2007

1. Leave granted.

2. Respondents filed an application before the High Court of Gujarat for setting aside FIR
No.119 of 2006 lodged by the appellant at Mahila Thana, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh for
offences under Section 498A/323/504/506, IPC and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act with a
prayer for ad interim relief.

3. The High Court, by the impugned order, while issuing notice in the matter, has stayed the
investigation in respect of the aforementioned FIR. In the facts and circumstances of the case,
we are of the view that the High Court should not have stayed the investigation. Accordingly,
the impugned order is set aside and the case is remitted to the High Court for deciding the
dispute on merits in accordance with law without being influenced by any of the observations
made hereinabove.

4. The appeal is allowed accordingly.

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