Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:42225-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 6478 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashish Kumar Verma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar,Shivendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2. Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report dated 12.07.2025 bearing Case Crime No.0274 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 352(2), 351(2), 221 of B.N.S. and Sections 3(1)(da), 3(1)(gha), 3(2)(va) of the S.C./S.T. Act, Police Station Lonikatra, District Barabanki. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for issuing direction to the police authorities to follow the mandate of Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding Section 41A Cr.P.C.) for the reason that the offences mentioned in the impugned First Information Report carry the sentence of upto seven years of imprisonment. 4. Accordingly, we dispose of this petition with the direction to the police authorities concerned to follow the mandate of Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding Section 41A Cr.P.C.) and also the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar; (2014) 8 SCC 273. . (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Order Date :- 23.7.2025 Anupam S/- Digitally signed by :- ANUPAM SINGH PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench