Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:399-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 10040 of 2024 Petitioner :- Ram Pal Respondent :- State Of Up Thru. Prin. Secy., Home And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar,Chandra Prakash Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State/opposite parties and perused the record. 2. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 24.05.2024 bearing F.I.R./Case Crime No.418 of 2024, for the offence under Sections 419, 420 & 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali Sadar, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the offences as alleged in F.I.R. 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. 4. Learned 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 41-A Cr.P.C. (Now Section 35(3) of BNSS, 2023) shall be strictly followed in terms of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in a case reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273: Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another. 5. 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. 6. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the provisions of Section 41-A Cr.P.C. (Now Section 35(3) of BNSS, 2023) and the law as laid down by Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra). [Om Prakash Shukla, J.] [Vivek Chaudhary, J.] Order Date :- 3.1.2025 -Piyush- Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench