SACHIN SINGH CHAUHAN @ SACHIN CHAUHAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. HOME LKO AND OTHERS
CRLP/4897/2025 · 2025-06-09
S Q H Rizvi, Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:35128-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4897 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sachin Singh Chauhan @ Sachin Chauhan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.
1. Heard.
2. Present petition has been filed for the following main relief:-
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned F.I.R. dated 27.04.2025 lodged by the State through Station House Officer Shri Rajesh Kumar Tripathi, Police Station- Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, at Case Crime No. 0175/2025, Under Sections 3(1) of U.P. Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, at Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the opposite parties, not to arrest the petitioner in pursuance of the impugned first information report."
3. The case of the petitioner in a nutshell is based upon the ground that on a solitary case, the provisions of The Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (in short 'The Act of 1986') have been invoked. The issue has already been settled by Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Shraddha Gupta vs. State of U.P., 2022 SCC OnLine SC 514.
4. In view of aforesaid, the present writ petition has no force and is accordingly dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail any other remedy as available under the law. Order Date :- 9.6.2025 Abhishek Gupta Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench