Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46811-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7294 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinay Gautam Respondent :- State Of U.P. Through The Additional Chief Secretary Home Department And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prabhakar Pandey,Pankaj Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J. 1. This case has been filed through E. mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State/opposite parties and perused the record. 3. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 29.06.2025 bearing FIR/Case Crime No.0270 of 2025, for the offence under Sections 66(D) of Information Technology Act, 2000 registered at Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner 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 Code of Criminal Procedure. 5. Additional Government Advocate appearing for respondent State has given a statement on behalf of investigating agency that because the offence allegedly committed by the petitioner, entails sentence of less than seven years, provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 shall be strictly followed in terms of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in re: Satender Kumar Antil vs.CBI and others in Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No.5191 of 2021 and a case reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273: Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another. 6. Considering the stand of the investigating agency, learned counsel for the petitioner states that let this petition be disposed of in view of the above said facts. 7. 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 case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra) and Arnesh Kumar (supra). 8. However, it is directed that the petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned police station on 18.08.2025 at 11.00 a.m. to co-operate in the investigation and he shall further co-operate in the investigation proceeding till filing of the police report failing which the aforesaid protection may be withdrawn on the application being filed by the State or informant. Order Date :- 11.8.2025 Reena/- (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench