CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 5674 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:43761-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5674 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rajesh Pandey Respondent :- The State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Brijesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Lawyers are abstaining from judicial work, however, we have perused the record. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the FIR dated 16-07-2019 registered as Case Crime No. 0656 of 2019 under Section 500 IPC and 66 of I.T. Act, Police Station Meja, District Prayagraj, but on perusal of record it appears that offences, complained of, are punishable only up to seven years and therefore, before effecting the arrest of the petitioners, specific provisions contained in Section 41(1)(b) and Section 41-A of CrPC/Section 35(3) to 35(7) of Bhartiya Nagrika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 be strictly complied with in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in several judgments. 3. 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