CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 21719 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 21719 of 2025 Hamid And 3 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Mishra, Indradeep Dubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Charan Singh, Dilnawaz Ahmad Khan, G.A. Court No. - 48 HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. HON'BLE LAKSHMI KANT SHUKLA, J. 1. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 10.09.2025 in Case Crime No. 0393 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 352, 3(5), 351 (3) B.N.S., 2023, Police Station- Saraimeer, District- Azamgarh and for a direction to the respondent nos.2 & 3 not to arrest the petitioners in pursuance of impugned First Information Report. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioners after some length of arguments on merits made an innocuous prayer that before arresting the petitioners police may be directed to follow the principle laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273. 3. Per contra, learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of State vehemently opposed the petition on merits but he h