HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11623 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State-opposite parties and perused the record. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following main prayer:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or command or direction in nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, South, Police Commissionerate, Lucknow (hereinafter opposite party no. 02) marked as Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition." 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the prayer of the petitioner for issuance of Character Certificate has been rejected on the ground that there is an F.I.R. bearing Case Crime No.96 of 2024 under Sections 279, 337, 338 IPC lodged at Police Station Nagram, District Lucknow. 4. It has been submitted that lodging of F.I.R. cannot make the petitioner automatically guilty of any offence. 5. This Court in Writ-C No.718 of 2025: Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and others, and connected matters; Neutral Citation No.-2025:AHC- LKO:32272-DB, has observed that where there is a criminal case that is pending against a person, the Character Certificate issued by the Superintendent of Police should mention the details of such criminal case Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Kumar Trivedi, Saksham Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Sunil Kumar Jaiswal .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Respondent(s) in the Character Certificate and leave it for the employer/agency to which the petitioner has applied to take an appropriate decision after application of mind regarding the suitability of the candidate/ applicant. 6. We have gone through the judgement, which has been rendered by this Court in the case of Anil Kumar (supra). We are in agreement with the same. 7. We, therefore, dispose of this petition with a direction to the Commissioner of Police, District Lucknow to ensure that a verification report is sent to the District Magistrate, Lucknow containing the details of the F.I.R. lodged against the petitioner. The District Magistrate while issuing Character Certificate shall mention the pendency of F.I.R. Such certificate be issued within a period of four weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him. December 11, 2025 Ashutosh WRIC No. 11623 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench