Shadab Alam and Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt., Lucknow and Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8992 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shadab Alam And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt., Lucknow And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kamlesh Kumar Gupta,Praveen Kumar Srivastav Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Narendra Kumar Johari,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 15.11.2023, lodged as F.I.R. No.0701 of 2023, under Sections 342, 323 and 506 of the I.P.C., at P.S. Laharpur, District Sitapur.

¶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 :- 24.11.2023 Rahul High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench