HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 5795 of 2026 Court No. - 88 HON'BLE SANJIV KUMAR, J. Heard Mr. Santosh Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the revisionist, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. This Criminal Revision under Section 438/448 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'BNSS') has been filed against impugned order dated 22.08.2026 passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.14, Shahjahanpur in Criminal Misc. Case No. 720 of 2026, Police Station Kotwali, District Shahjahanpur, whereby the learned Magistrate has rejected the application filed on behalf of the revisionist under Section 173(4) BNSS. Learned counsel for the revisionist submits that the impugned order is not sustainable in the eye of law because the offence was committed by the accused and the Trial Court has rejected the application on the ground that it has no territorial jurisdiction to entertain the application, as such, the same is liable to be quashed. Per contra, learned AGA submits that there is no illegality in the impugned order. The alleged incident occurred in District Lakhimpur Khiri, whereas the victim died in Delhi, therefore, the court in Shahjahanpur had no territorial jurisdiction to entertain the application of the revisionist. In view of submissions of both the parties and upon a perusal of record, it appears that the application under Section 173(4) BNSS was rejected on Versus Counsel for Revisionist(s) : Santosh Kukmar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rambahadur Singh .....Revisionist(s) State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Opposite Party(s) the ground that the alleged incident occurred outside the jurisdiction of District Shahjahanpur, therefore, due to lack of territorial jurisdiction, the application of the revisionist was rejected by the court. During the course of argument, learned counsel for the revisionist admitted that the alleged incident has occurred in District Lakhimpur Khiri and the application under Section 173(4) BNSS was filed in District Shahjahanpur, therefore, the court in District Shajahanpur had no territorial jurisdiction to entertain the application. Therefore, this Court comes to the conclusion that there is no illegality or infirmity in the impugned order, however, the revisionist is at liberty to file appropriate application before the competent court for redressal of his grievance, if so advised. With the aforesaid discussion, this criminal revision is dismissed. September 18, 2026 Subham CRLR No. 5795 of 2026 2 (Sanjiv Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUBHAM KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SUBHAM KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad