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2025 DAILYLAW 147738 (ALL)

SMT. SUMAN DEVI AND OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO AND OTHERS

CRLP/5598/2025 · 2025-06-24

Kshitij Shailendra, Pankaj Bhatia

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:36220-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5598 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Suman Devi And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rahul Agnihotri Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners challenging the F.I.R. dated 17.06.2025 vide F.I.R. No. 0404/2025 lodged at the instance of the respondent No.4 at Police Station Dhaurahra, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. The neat contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that the petitioner No. 1 and 2 are major and have married out of their own freewill. Petitioner no.1 has annexed her Aadhar Card, voter I.D. and petitioner no.2 has annexed his 'Aadhar Card' with regard to the proof of age as Annexure-2,3 and 4 to the writ petition, respectively. The marriage certificate issued by the Arya Samaj Temple has been annexed as Annexure No. 5 to the writ petition. 4. Considering the said fact, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the F.I.R.pending, as such, F.I.R.in question i.e.F.I.R. No. 0404/2025 lodged at the instance of the respondent No.4 at Police Station Dhaurahra, District Lakhimpur Kheri is quashed. However, directions are issued to the petitioners to get their marriage registered under the Hindu Marriage Act within a period of three months from today. 5. The petition stands allowed with the said observations/directions. (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Order Date :- 24.6.2025 Arvind Digitally signed by :- ARVIND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench