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2025 DAILYLAW 48522 (ALL)

SANAD KUMAR PANDEY AND 5 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/8379/2025 · 2025-04-28

Madan Pal Singh, Siddhartha Varma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:66743-DB Court No. - 44 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8379 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sanad Kumar Pandey And 5 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhananjay Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Pranav Chaturvedi,Prashant Kumar Singh Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Madan Pal Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the private respondents. The learned AGA for the State was also heard. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report dated 13.4.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No.0112 of 2025, under Sections 192(2), 352, 351(3), 115(2), 74 of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, Police Station - Saidpur, District - Ghazipur, but at the time when the matter is taken up learned counsel for the petitioners confines his relief to grant of protection under section 35 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 3. We have perused the the First Information Report, which prima facie discloses commissioning of cognizable offence and, therefore, the prayer made to quash F.I.R. otherwise cannot be entertained in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of State of Telangana Vs. Habib Abdullah Jellani, (2017) 2 SCC 779 and Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Maharashtra and Others, (2021) SCC Online SC 315. 4. We are of the view that no interference is warranted. 5. However, considering the fact that all offences, mentioned in the present case, are punishable with a term up to 7 years, therefore, authorities are directed to ensure the procedure of arrest as per the guidelines of Supreme Court enshrined in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273 as well as the directions issued in judgement and order dated 28.1.2021 of this Court passed in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 17732 of 2020. 6. The writ petition, accordingly, is disposed of. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 vkj Digitally signed by :- VIJAY KRISHNA JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad