Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:83978-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8003 of 2025 Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Chaudhari And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shri Kant Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-X,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. This writ petition has been filed praying for the following reliefs: (i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned first information report dated 10.08.2024, registered as Case Crime No.0165 of 2024, under sections 3/7 Essential Commodities Act now converted to under sections 409, 120-B, IPC, Police Station Bansi, District Siddharth Nagar lodged by respondent no.4. (ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent nos.2 & 3 not to arrest the petitioners on the basis of first information report dated 10.08.2024, registered as Case Crime No.0165 of 2024, under section 3/7 Essential Commodities Act now converted to under sections 409, 120-B, IPC, Police Station Bansi, District Siddharth Nagar." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned FIR has been lodged on false/vexatious/mischievous allegations and no offences are made out against the petitioner. 4. Learned AGA opposed the prayer for quashing of the FIR, which discloses cognizable offence. 5. The correctness of the allegations would have to be tested on the basis of the materials collected during the course of investigation and therefore, in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana and others vs. Bhajan Lal and others, 1992 Supp. (1) SCC 335 and M/s Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2021 SC 1918 and in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No.3262/2021 (Leelavati Devi @ Leelawati & another vs. the State of Uttar Pradesh) decided on 07.10.2021 and the latest judgment in Criminal Appeal No. 843 of 2024 arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 10913 of 2023 (Directorate of Enforcement vs. Niraj Tyagi & ors.), no case has been made out for interference with the impugned first information report. 6. The writ petition is disposed of leaving it open for the petitioners to apply before the competent court for bail/ anticipatory bail in accordance with law. 7. It is made clear that we have not adjudicated the contentions raised by learned counsel for the petitioners and the same are left open for the petitioners to raise at an appropriate stage in an appropriate proceeding, in accordance with law. (Anil Kumar-X,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Order Date :- 19.5.2025 VKG Digitally signed by :- VIJAY KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad