CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 4618 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:35861-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4618 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anand Respondent :- State Of U.P Through Its Principal Secretary (Home) And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Krishnakant Verun Kumar,Suneel Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State. 2. The instant writ petition is preferred to quash the impugned FIR dated 01.02.2025 registered as case crime no. 0017 of 2025, under Section 74, 296, 351(2) B.N.S., 2023 and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station Didarganj, District Azamgarh. 3. At the very outset, Sri G.P.Singh, learned counsel for the State on the instructions states that as the matter relates to POCSO Act, the notices is sufficient upon the respondent no.4 and acknowledged that the alleged offence are below seven years. 4. We have perused the FIR, which prima facie discloses cognizable offences against the petitioners and therefore, the prayer made to quash the FIR cannot be entertained in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in the cases of State of Telangana Vs. Habib Ab