HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9926 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard Shri Himanshu Trigunait, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Shri Aniruddh Singh, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State- opposite parties no.1 to 3 and perused the material available on record. 2. In view of the proposed order, notice to opposite party no.4 is hereby dispensed with. 3. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 06.02.2024 bearing F.I.R./Case Crime No. 50 of 2024 for the offence under Section 419 and 420 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali Ayodhya, District Ayodhya. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the offences as alleged in the F.I.R. have maximum punishment for the term less than seven years imprisonment, whereas the police is trying to arrest the petitioner, which is against the mandates of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. 5. Learned A.G.A. 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 judgments rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in re; Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pawan Singh Yadav, Himanshu Trigunait Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Dharmendra Singh Yadav .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 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 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 the Apex Court in re; Arnesh Kumar (supra) and Satender Kumar Antil (supra). 8. However, it is directed that the petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned police station on 18.11.2025 at 11:00 AM sharp for the purpose to cooperate in the investigation. Thereafter, he shall continue to cooperate in the investigation till its completion, failing which protection of this order may be withdrawn on the application being moved by the prosecution or the complainant. November 12, 2025 Praveen CRLP No. 9926 of 2025 2 (Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRAVEEN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench