HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 20002 of 2025 Court No. - 45 HON'BLE SALIL KUMAR RAI, J. HON'BLE ZAFEER AHMAD, J. Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the A.G.A. for the State. The present petition has been filed praying for the following reliefs: "(a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned first information report dated 21.08.2025, giving rise to Case Crime No. 266 of 2025, under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Bharthana, District Etawah. (b) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent No. 2 not to arrest the petitioner in Case Crime No. 266 of 2025, under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Bharthana, District Etawah on the basis of the impugned first information report dated 21.08.2025." We have perused the FIR, which prima facie discloses commission of offence and therefore, the prayer made to quash the FIR cannot be entertained in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in the cases of State of Telangana Vs. Habib Abdullah Jellani reported in (2017) 2 SCC 779 and Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Vs. State of Maharashtra and Others reported in (2021) SCC Online SC 315 and as such, we are of the view that no interference is warranted. However, considering the fact that all the offences, complained of in the impugned FIR, are punishable with a term up to seven years, therefore, in case of effecting the arrest of the petitioners in pursuance of the impugned Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vidit Narayan Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Brijesh Kumar Kaushal .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) FIR, it is directed that the respondents/ authorities shall ensure that the specific provisions contained in Section 41(1)(b) and Section 41-A of CrPC/Section 35(3) to 35(7) of Bhartiya Nagrika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the guidelines issued by Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273 as well as the directions issued in judgement and order dated 28.01.2021 of this Court passed in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 17732 of 2020 (Vimal Kumar and 3 Others Vs. State of U.P. and 3 Others) reported in 2021 (2) ACR 1147, be strictly complied with. With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. September 9, 2025 Satyam CRLP No. 20002 of 2025 2 (Zafeer Ahmad,J.) (Salil Kumar Rai,J.) Digitally signed by :- SATYAM AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad