HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 22537 of 2025 Court No. - 48 HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. HON'BLE LAKSHMI KANT SHUKLA, J. 1. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 07.09.2025 registered as Case Crime No. 0283 of 2025, under section 137 (2) of B.N.S., Police Station Belipar, District Gorakhpur and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioners in pursuance of impugned First Information Report. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that petitioner nos. 1 and 2 are major and living together. Petitioner nos. 1 and 2 have appended High School Certificates in support of their age proof as Annexure Nos. 2 and 3 respectively with the writ petition. It is also apprised the Court that in pursuance of the order dated 14.10.2025 passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gorakhpur has sent a compliance report, which is on record. As per the report, the statement of the prosecutrix i.e. petitioner no.1 has already been recorded under Section 183 BNSS on 24.10.2025 in which prosecutrix has categorically stated that she is living with the petitioner no.2 with her own will and also stated that both the petitioners got married. 3. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of State vehemently opposed the instant writ petition but has not denied the statement of prosecutrix recorded under Section 183 BNSS. 4. Heard Sri Shahnawaj Ahmad, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pramod Kumar Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Km. Ruksana Khatoon And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) S.K. Ojha, learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State at length. We have also perused the statement under Section 183 BNSS of prosecutrix which is quoted below for ready reference:- "मु.अ.सं. 282/25 के प्रकरण में पीिड़ता ***** D/O नूर आलम, उम्र 19 वषर्, िनवासी गढ़वापुर, थाना-बेलीपार, जनपद-गोरखपुर को िववेचक द्वारा मेरे समक्ष प्रस्तुत कर उसकी फोटो, हस्ताक्षर, प्रमािणत की गई। पीिड़ता ने सशपथ कथन िकया िक मेरी उम्र 19 वषर् है। मैं अंिकत से फोन पर बात करती थी, जब मेरे घरवालों को यह बात पता चली तो उन लोगों ने मेरा घर से िनकलना, कहीं आना-जाना बंद करवा िदया। अंिकत िहमाचल प्रदेश में रहता है। घर वालों की रोका-टोकी से परेशान होकर िदनांक 06/08/25 को दोपहर के 01:00 बजे घऱ में िबना िकसी को बताए अयोध्या मंिदर चली गई। मैं वहां लगभग 15 िदन रही। िफर जब मेरा गुस्सा शांत हो गया तो मैं घर वापस आने लगी। तभी मेरे घर के चौराहे पर एक भईया, िजनका नाम मुझे याद नहीं आ रहा, ने मुझे बताया िक मेरे घर वालों ने अंिकत पर मेरे अपहरण का मुकदमा दजर् करवा िदया है। तो मैं घर जाने के बजाय अंिकत के पास चली गई। कु छ िदनों बाद मैंने अपनी मजीर् से अंिकत से शादी कर ली। शादी की सटीक तारीख मैं नहीं बता सकती। मेरे व अंिकत के बीच मेरी मजीर् से शारीिरक संबंध बने हैं। मुझे बस इतना कहा है िक मैं अपनी मजीर् से अंिकत के पास गई और अपनी मजीर् से ही उससे शादी की। अंिकत ने मेरे साथ कु छ गलत नहीं िकया है।" 5. Taking into consideration, the averments made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, in particular, the fact that both the petitioners are major as per their High School Certificates and averments made by the prosecutrix in her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS and also considering the ratio of Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh v. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303 and several other judgements of Hon'ble Apex Court, we are inclined to allow the instant writ petition. 6. Therefore, in view of the above, this petition succeeds and is allowed. 7. The Impugned First Information Report dated 07.09.2025 registered as Case Crime No. 0283 of 2025, under section 137 (2) of B.N.S., Police Station Belipar, District Gorakhpur is hereby quashed. October 29, 2025 AKT CRLP No. 22537 of 2025 2 (Lakshmi Kant Shukla,J.) (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad