Chandra Pal and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9616 of 2023 Petitioner :- Chandra Pal And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mukesh Kumar,Pradeep Vikram Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Narendra Kumar Johari,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. who appears on behalf of State-respondents. Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report dated 29.9.2023, lodged at Case Crime No. 0612 of 2023, under Sections 304A, 288 IPC at P.S. P.G.I., District Lucknow. Learned 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. 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 :- 19.12.2023 AKK High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench