Allahabad High Court
CRLP/11108/2025 of OM PRAKASH YADAV AND OTHERS Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. HOME LKO. AND OTHERS on 24 November 2025
JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11108 of 2025 Court No. - 11 HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J. HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. In view of proposed order, notice to respondent No.5 is
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
LUCKNOW
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 11108 of 2025
Court No. - 11
HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J.
HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J.
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1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. In view of proposed order, notice to respondent No.5 is hereby dispensed with.
3. This petition seeks issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. bearing FIR/Case Crime No. 0208 of 2025, under Sections 147, 323, 504, 506, 427 I.P.C., Police Station- Rehra Bazar, District- Balrampur.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the offences as alleged in FIR carry maximum punishment for the term less than seven years imprisonment, whereas, the police is trying to arrest them.
5. Learned A.G.A. appearing for respondents-State has given a statement on behalf of investigating agency that because the offence allegedly committed by the petitioners, entails sentence of less than seven years, provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 shall be strictly followed in terms of judgments rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court in re; Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another - (2014) 8 SCC 273 and Satender Kumar Antil vs. CBI and another- (2022) 10 SCC 51.
6. Considering the stand of the investigating agency, learned counsel for Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Om Prakash Yadav And Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. And Others .....Respondent(s)
the petitioners states that his petition be disposed of in view of the above said facts.
7. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of in view of the provisions of Section 35(3) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the law as laid down by the Apex Court in re; Arnesh Kumar (supra) and Satender Kumar Antil (supra).
8. However, it is directed that the petitioners shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned police station whenever they are required to cooperate in the investigation. Thereafter, they shall continue to cooperate in the investigation till its completion, failing which, protection of this order may be withdrawn on the application being moved by the prosecution or the complainant. November 24, 2025 Abhishek Gupta CRLP No. 11108 of 2025 2 (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Abdul Moin,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench