CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 5794 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:51590-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5794 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Zubaida Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anees Ahmad Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the FIR dated 18.12.2024 registered as Case Crime No.0938 of 2024, under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Police Station-Jalalabad, District-Jalalabad but when the matter has been taken up, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that offences, complained of, are punishable only up to seven years and therefore, before effecting the arrest of the petitioner, specific provisions contained in Section 41(1)(b) and Section 41-A of Cr.P.C./Section 35(3) to 35(7) of Bhartiya Nagrika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 be strictly complied with in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in several judgments. 3. We have perused the FIR, which prima facie discloses cognizable offences against the petitioner and the