CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 18604 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18604 of 2025 Ashish Sahni .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ghan Shyam Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ABDUL SHAHID, J. Crl. Misc. Exemption Application No. 1 of 2025. The requirement of filing of certified copy of the impugned FIR is exempted. The exemption application is, accordingly, disposed of. Order on petition. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA for the State. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report dated 23.8.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No. 152 of 2024, under Sections 351(2) of BNS, P.S. Vindhyachal, District Mirzapur, 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. 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