CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 5207 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:35577-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5207 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jakir Ali Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hom Narayan Awasthi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner had attempted to lodge the first information report against the private respondent, but no heed was paid and the F.I.R. was not lodged, hence this petition. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that in the case of Lalita Kumari vs. Government of U.P. and others; (2014) 2 SCC 1, Hon'ble Supreme Court has observed that where a cognizable offence is made out in an application/representation by any person, then the respondents/police authorities are duty bound to register the F.I.R. However, no F.I.R. has been registered till date in the case of the petitioners. 4. Learned A.G.A., on the other hand, has pointed out that a Division Bench of this Court in the case of Waseem Haider Vs. State of U