CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 4126 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:28734-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4126 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Kiran Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home And Affairs Deptt. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shrish Kumar Gaur,Harish Chandra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Amit Kumar Dwivedi Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. In view of the order proposed to be passed in this petition, issuance of notice to the opposite party no. 5 is dispensed with. 3. This petition seeks issuance of a direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 6.2.2025 registered as Case Crime/F.I.R. No. 0040 of 2025 under Sections 135(1)(c) of the Electricity Act, 2003, police station Anti Power Theft, district Shrawasti. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the offences as alleged in the F.I.R. have maximum punishment for the term less than seven years imprisonment whereas the police is trying to arrest them, which is against the mandate of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 5. Learned Add