CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 23621 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 23621 of 2025 Prashant Yadav And Another .....Petitioner(s) Versus The State Of Uttar Pradesh Through Principal Secretary And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhilasha Singh, Ashutosh Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 42 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ACHAL SACHDEV, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report dated 15.3.2024 giving rise to Case Crime No.0024 of 2024, under Sections 420 of Indian Penal Code and section 66-D of Information Technology Act, Police Station - Cyber Crime, District - Meerut but at the time when the matter is taken up learned counsel for the petitioners confines his relief to grant of protection under section 41-A of Code of Criminal Procedure. 3. We have perused the the First Information Report, which prima facie discloses commissioning of cognizable offence and, therefore, the prayer made to quash F.I.R. otherwise cannot be entertained in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court