Ram Lakhan v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Others

Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9692 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ram Lakhan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradyumn Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.

(1) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record.

(2) Under challenge in this petition is the First Information Report dated 23.11.2023 lodged at F.I.R. No.0695 of 2023, under Sections 420, 447 I.P.C. and Section 2/3 Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, at P.S. Gangaghat, District Unnao.

(3) Learned counsel for the petitioner 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.

(4) 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 :- 21.12.2023 N.PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench