Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:49078-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7342 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Harijan @ Sheru @ Vinod Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shiv Prakash Mishra,Abhay Kumar Pandey,Ashish Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J. 1. Heard Sri Ashish Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ranvijay Singh learned AGA for the State. 2. By means of this petition, petitioner has prayed for following relief: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned First Information Report bearing FIR No.0085/2025 dated 25.06.2025 lodged at Police Station Mandhata, District Pratapgarh, against the petitioner under Section 2 & 3 of U.P. Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, contained as Annexure No.1 to the writ petition, in the interest of justice. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite party Nos.2 and 3 not to arrest the petitioner during investigation by this Hon'ble Curt in the interest of justice." 3. After arguing at some length, the learned counsel for the petitioner has requested that he may be permitted to file anticipatory bail application before the competent court of law and direction may be issued to decide the same with expedition. 4. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the issue and considering the innocuous request of learned counsel for the petitioner, we hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage giving liberty to the petitioner to file anticipatory bail application before the competent court within a period of two weeks, and if such anticipatory bail application is filed, the same may be heard and disposed of with expedition, without giving any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. Order Date :- 21.8.2025 Reena/- (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench