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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108010-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 14132 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rohit Bansal And 4 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Navaneet Kumar Shukla,Rahul Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Anil Kumar Mishra,G.A. Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Anil Kumar-X,J.
1. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Anil Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents and the learned AGA for the State.
2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report dated 24.06.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No. 258 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 308(2), 352, 126(2), 351(2) of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, Police Station - Mawana, District - Meerut 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 :- 8.7.2025 vijay krishna Digitally signed by :- VIJAY KRISHNA JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad