HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8956 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, J. HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents and perused the material placed on record. 2. In view of the proposed order being passed, notice to respondent No. 4 is hereby dispensed with. 3. This writ petition has been filed with the following main prayer:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned First Information Report No. 0398/2025, under Section 74 of B.N.S. and 7/8 of POCSO Act, 2012, dated 11.09.2025, registered with Police Station Raunahi, District- Ayodhya as contained in Annexure No.1 to the writ petition." 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the offences as alleged in FIR have maximum punishment for the term having less than seven years imprisonment, whereas, the police is trying to arrest him, which is against the mandates of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. 5. Learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for respondent-State has given a statement on behalf of investigating agency that because the offences allegedly committed by the petitioner, entail sentence of less than seven years, the provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 are to be Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandan Srivastava, Abhishek Pratap Singh, Anil Kumar Verma Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Param Veer @ Lallu .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home, Lko. And Others .....Respondent(s) 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. 6. Considering the settled law on the subject and the aforesaid stand of the investigating agency, learned counsel for the petitioner states that 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 cases of Arnesh Kumar (supra) and Satender Kumar Antil (supra). 8. However, the petitioner is directed to appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned police station on 25.09.2025 at 11.00 AM sharp to cooperate in the investigation. Thereafter, he shall continue to cooperate in the investigation till its completion, failing which, the interim protection granted in this order may be withdrawn on an appropriate application being filed by the prosecution or by the complainant. September 19, 2025 Abhishek Gupta CRLP No. 8956 of 2025 2 (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench