CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 18670 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18670 of 2025 Virendra And 3 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Muhammad Azam Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ashish Kumar, G.A. Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ABDUL SHAHID, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Ashish Kumar for the informant and the learned AGA for the State. 2.Although prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report registered on 11.7.2025 as Case Crime No. 372 of 2025 under Sections 115(2), 352, 324(2), 333 and 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Sections 3(1)(Dha), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST Act, Police Station - Kotwali, District - Maharajganj, but at the time when the matter is taken up learned counsel for the petitioners confines his relief to grant of protection under Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 3.We have perused the the First Information Report which prima facie discloses 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 in the