Rakesh Kumar vs State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. ...
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
 
 

?Court No. - 9
 

 
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2105 of 2023
 
Petitioner :- Rakesh Kumar
 
Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others
 
Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Singh Chauhan
 
Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
 

 
Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J.

Hon'ble Mrs. Saroj Yadav,J.

Case called out.

None turned up on behalf of the petitioner.

Learned Additional Government Advocate for the State respondent is present.

Since the point involved in the present writ petition is trivial in nature, the writ petition is being heard and decided at the admission stage.

Notice to the opposite party no. 3 is dispensed with.

This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. registered as Case Crime No. 542 of 2022 under Section 29 of Insecticides Act, 1968 and Section 3/7 Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Police Station Bangarmau, District Unnao.

Learned Additional Government Advocate looking to the gravity of punishment being less than seven years has stated that the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. shall be strictly followed in terms of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in a case reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273: Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another.

The present petition deserves to be disposed of in terms of the statement made by learned AGA.

Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the protection provided under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the law as laid down by the apex court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra).

(Mrs. Saroj Yadav, J.) (A.R. Masoodi, J.)

Order Date :- 21.3.2023

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