Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 1336 ALL
Judgement Date : 5 June, 2025
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH ?Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:34742-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4788 of 2025 Petitioner :- Surya Narayan Singh And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Nadeem Murtaza,Snigdha Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Shyam,Vikas Kumar Verma Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.
Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.
1. Sri Alok Kumar Mishra, advocate has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent nos. 4 and 5, which is taken on record.
2. Heard Sri Nadeem Murtaza, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Alok Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for respondent nos. 4 and 5 Sri S.P. Singh, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State/opposite parties and perused the record.
3. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 9.5.2025 bearing FIR/Case Crime No. 408/2025, for the offence under Sections 406, 420, 120-B, 323, 504, 506 IPC, registered at Police Station Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow South (Commissionerate Lucknow).
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the offences as alleged in FIR have maximum punishment for the term less than seven years imprisonment, whereas, the police is trying to arrest him, which is against the mandates of Code of Criminal Procedure.
5. Additional Government Advocate appearing for respondent State has given a statement on behalf of investigating agency that because the offence allegedly committed by the petitioner, entails sentence of less than seven years, provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 shall be strictly followed in terms of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India reported in re: Satendra Kumar Antil vs. CBI and others in Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No. 5191 of 2021 and (2014) 8 SCC 273: Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another.
6. Considering the stand of the investigating agency, learned counsel for the petitioners states that let this petition be disposed of in view of the above said facts.
7. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil (supra) and Arnesh Kumar (supra).
8. However, It is directed that the petitioners shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned police station on 12.06.2025 at 11.00 a.m. sharp for the purpose to cooperate in the investigation. Thereafter, they shall continue to cooperate in the investigation till its completion. Failing which, the protection of this order would not be available to them.
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(R.M.N. Mishra, J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.)
Order Date :- 5.6.2025
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