Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:5764-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 720 of 2025 Petitioner :- Amit Kumar And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Praveen Kumar Sharma,Suresh Chand Rathour Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. (1) Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. (2) Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report dated 15.01.2025 lodged at F.I.R. No.0014 of 2025, under Section 3/7 of E.C. Act, at P.S. Kasimpur, District Hardoi. (3) Learned counsel for the petitioners confines his prayer for issuing direction to the police authorities to follow the mandate of Section 41A Cr.P.C. for the reason that the offences mentioned in the impugned First Information Report carry the sentence of upto 7 years of imprisonment. (4) Accordingly, we dispose of this petition with the direction to the police authorities concerned to follow the mandate of Section 41A Cr.P.C. and also the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar, reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273. Order Date :- 28.1.2025 N.PAL Digitally signed by :- NARESH PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench