Dev Kumar and Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 6026 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dev Kumar And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anurag Singh Chauhan,Anurag Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Narendra Kumar Johari,J. Learned counsel for the petitioners has sent illness slip. Learned A.G.A. for the State/respondents is present. Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report dated 21.06.2023, registered as F.I.R./Case Crime No.0072/2023, under Sections 323, 354, 504, 506, 498-A I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station - Kaiserbagh, District - Lucknow. This Court has gone through the report of the Mediation and Conciliation Center. Mediation between the parties has failed. This Court has perused the F.I.R. and from the same it is evident that all the sections invoked against the petitioners, carry maximum punishment up to 07 years. Accordingly, 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 :- 4.12.2023 ML/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench