CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 4935 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:38038-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4935 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shahanshah Khan Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anwar Ali 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 A.G.A. for the State- respondents. 2. The relief sought in this petition is for quashing FIR dated 13.01.2025 registered as Case Crime No.08 of 2025 u/s 3/5A/8 of U.P. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and Section 109 of B.N.S. 2023, P.S. Phephna, District-Ballia. Further prayer has been made not to arrest the petitioner in the aforesaid case. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has not committed any offence and he has been implicated due to malicious intention. He submits that the petitioner is innocent person and allegations levelled against him is highly improbable and unbelievable, as such, the impugned FIR is liable to be quashed. 4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for quashing of the FIR, which discloses cognizable offence. 5. Perusal of the impugned FIR, prima facie, r