Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:47039-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7228 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kamrudeen And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Zia Ur Rehman Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents and perused the material placed on record. 2. This writ petition has been filed assailing the impugned FIR/ Range Case No. 09/2025, under Sections 69/41/42 of Indian Forest Act, 1927, Amendment 2000, dated 02.06.2025, Range Mohamdi, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the offences as alleged in FIR 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 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. 4. Additional Government Advocate appearing for respondent- State has given a statement on behalf of investigating agency that because the offences allegedly committed by the petitioners, entail sentence of less than seven years, provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 shall be strictly followed in terms of judgments rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in re; Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another, (2014) 8 SCC 273, and Satender Kumar Antil vs. CBI and another, Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No. 5191 of 2021 : (2022) 10 SCC 51. 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 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the cases of Arnesh Kumar (supra) and Satender Kumar Antil (supra). 7. However, It is directed that the petitioners shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned police station on 18.08.2025 at 11.00 a.m. to cooperate in the investigation. Thereafter, they shall continue to co-operate in the investigation till its completion and filing of police report, failing which, the protection of this order would not be available to them. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 (Manoj K.) (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.) Digitally signed by :- MANOJ KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench