Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:10980-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1434 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Govt. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Yadav,Virendra Vikram Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, 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 impugned F.I.R. dated 28.1.2025, bearing F.I.R./Case Crime No.0024 of 2025, for the offence under Sections 406, 420, 147, 323, 504 & 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Gurubakshganj, District Raebareli. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the offences as alleged in F.I.R. have maximum punishment for the term less than seven years imprisonment, whereas, the police is trying to arrest them, which is against the mandates of Code of Criminal Procedure. 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 petitioners entails sentence of less than seven years, provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. (Now Section 35(3) of BNSS, 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 41-A Cr.P.C. (Now Section 35(3) of BNSS, 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 Sachin Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench