APPLICATION U/s 482 No. 8107 of 2022 at Lucknow

Page No.1 of 22 A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:7572 Reserved on 30.01.2025 Delivered on 06.02.2025 Court No. - 30 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8107 of 2022 Applicant :- Ram Lotan Vishwakarma And Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Civil Secrett. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sachin Chaturvedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Amit Kumar Singh Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. (1) Heard Shri Sachin Chaturvedi, learned Counsel for the applicants, Shri S.N. Tilhari, learned Additional Government Advocate for respondent no.1/State, Shri Amit Kumar Singh, learned Counsel for the respondent no.2. (2) This application/petition was taken up for hearing on the preliminary objection of maintainability in view of the conflicting decisions of Co-ordinate Benches of this Court. (3) Inherent power of this Court is sought to be invoked under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023 (corresponding Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), to assail the proceedings initiated against the applicants under the provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as ‘D.V.