Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:134979 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 18737 of 2025 Applicant :- Chander Mohan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Kushagra Srivastava,Raghuvansh Misra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. This application u/s 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as 'BNSS') has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 29.11.2024 as well as cognizance / summoning order dated 13.02.2025, of Criminal Case No. 1016 of 2025 (State Vs. Sandeep Verma and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 481 of 2023, under Sections - 420, 406 I.P.C., Police Station - Sector-11, District - Ghaziabad, pending in the court of Civil Judge (Junior Division) / F.T.C. / Judicial Magistrate, Ghaziabad. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that first information report of this case has been lodged making false allegations. It is further submitted that by impugned order applicant has been summoned for offence under Sections - 420, 406 I.P.C. and as per law laid down in case of Delhi Race Club (1940) Ltd. and Others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another; 2024 SCC Online SC 2248, the offence of cheating viz- a-viz criminal breach of trust are independent and distinct and both cannot exist simultaneously and on this account alone the impugned summoning order is liable to be set aside. 4. Perusal of record shows that by impugned order dated 13.02.2025 applicant has been summoned under Sections - 420, 406 I.P.C.. As stated above, in case of Delhi Race Club (supra), it has been held by the Hon'ble Apex Court that the offence of cheating viz-a-viz criminal breach of trust are independent and distinct and the same cannot exist simultaneously in same set of facts and that they are antithetical to each other. Thus, it is clear that impugned summoning order is not in accordance with law. 5. In view of aforesaid, the impugned summoning order dated 13.02.2025, passed by the Civil Judge (J.D.) / J.M. Fast Track Court / Judicial Magistrate, Ghaziabad, qua the applicant, is hereby set aside and the matter is remitted back to the court concerned to pass an order on the point of summoning afresh, expeditiously in accordance with law. 6. The application u/s 528 BNSS is disposed of in above terms. Order Date :- 11.8.2025 S Rawat Digitally signed by :- SHOBHIT RAWAT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad