Kaleem and Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy./Addl. Chief Secy. Home Civil Sectt Lko and Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8698 of 2023 Petitioner :- Kaleem And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy./Addl. Chief Secy. Home Civil Sectt Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prabhat Kumar Saxena,Avdhesh Kumar Singh Yadav,Dhirendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Narendra Kumar Johari,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report lodged at F.I.R./Case Crime No.322 of 2023, under Sections 498-A, 354, 494, 323, 506 I.P.C. and 3/4 of the D.P. Act at PS. -Dargahsarif, District -Bahraich. Learned counsel for the petitioners confines his prayer for issuing direction to the police authorities to follow the mandate of Section 41A, Cr.PC. for the reason that the offences mentioned in the impugned First Information Report carry the sentence of upto 7 years of imprisonment, therefore, the petitioner is entitled to get the benefit of 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. The Court having perused the impugned F.I.R. finds no ground to show interference. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Anuj Singh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench