Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:14826-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2061 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohit @ Mohit Maurya Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajey Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,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 impugned F.I.R. dated 01.03.2025, bearing F.I.R./Case Crime No.0049 of 2024, for the offence under Section 74 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, registered at Police Station Ranipur, District Bahraich. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner 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 him, 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 petitioner, entails sentence of less than seven years, provisions of Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) 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 petitioner 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 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra). Order Date :- 11.3.2025 Pks ( Brij Raj Singh, J.) ( Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Digitally signed by :- POOJA SETH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench