CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 5175 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:35655-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5175 of 2025 Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prashant Kumar Singh,Apoorv Dev Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Abhishek Mishra,Divya Rai,Falak Kausar Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Meera Tripathi, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Abhishek Mishra, learned counsel for respondent No.5. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the impugned F.I.R. has been registered for the offences under the Act, which has already been repealed i.e. U.P. Regulation of Money- Lending Act, 1976. 3. It is further argued that even if it is assumed that allegations for an offence under Section 316(2) B.N.S., 2023 have been levelled in the impugned F.I.R., yet no case is made out on a plain reading of the contents of the F.I.R. against the petitioner. Therefore, it is a fit case for interference under article 226 of the Constitution of India 4. Learned A.G.A. for the State, on the basis of instructions, has stated