APPLICATION U/s 482 No. 35994 of 2024 at Allahabad

1 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:136036 A.F.R. RESERVED Court No. - 29 Case: APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 35994 of 2024 Applicant: Sattar Ahmad & 4 Ors Opposite Party : State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant : Vinod Singh Counsel for Opposite Party : G.A. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J. 1. Heard Shri Vinod Singh, learned counsel for the applicants, Shri Vibhav Anand Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State, and perused the material available on record. 2. The present application has been filed seeking quashing of the entire proceedings arising out of Case Crime No. 494 of 2013, under Section 31 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act, 2005'), registered at Police Station Swar, District Rampur, which is presently pending before the Court of Ist Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rampur. 3. The principal question for adjudication in this application is whether the police is empowered to register an FIR on the basis of a complaint submitted by the “aggrieved person”, carry out investigation, and thereafter submit a charge-sheet under Section 31 of the Act, 2005. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants contends that the registration