Ved Prakash Gupta and Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Sectt. Lko and Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7920 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ved Prakash Gupta And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Sectt. Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinay Misra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record.

¶2Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report dated 18.08.2023 lodged as FIR No. 157 of 2023, under Sections 406/504 I.P.C., Police Station P.G.I., District Lucknow.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioners confines his prayer for issuing direction to the police authorities to follow the mandate of Section 41A Cr.P.C. for the reason that the offences mentioned in the impugned First Information Report carry the sentence of upto 7 years of imprisonment.

¶4Accordingly, we dispose of this petition with the direction to the police authorities concerned to follow the mandate of Section 41A Cr.P.C. and also the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of "Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar, reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273". Order Date :- 12.10.2023 R.C. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench