CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 18129 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18129 of 2025 Fharad Alam .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Indra Bhan Yadav, Panchraj Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhishek Kumar Saroj, G.A., Nagendra Bahadur Singh, Rohit Kumar Singh Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE PRAMOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Nagendra Bahadur Singh, learned counsel for the first informant and learned AGA for the State- respondents. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report dated 02.08.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No.0331 of 2025, under Section 353(2) of B.N.S. & Section 3(2)(v) of the S.C./S.T. Act, Police Station - Kotwali Dehat, District - Saharanpur, but at the time when the matter is taken up learned counsel for the petitioner confines his relief to grant of protection under section 35 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that under Section 353(2) of the B.N.S., maximum punishment is five years and, therefore, Section 3(2)(v) of the S.C./S.T.