Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11191-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1525 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shivendra Pratap Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sushil Kumar Misra,Ashish Tripathi,Sanat Kumar Srivastava,Vishnu Kant Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State/opposite parties and perused the record. 2. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the First Information Report lodged at Case Crime No. 0047 of 2025, under Section 420 IPC (Section 318 B.N.S.) registered at Police Station Beniganj, District Hardoi on 30.01.2025. 3. 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 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 4. Learned 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) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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. 5. 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. 6. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the provisions of Section 35(3) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra). . (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 20.2.2025 Muk Digitally signed by :- MOHD UMAR KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench