CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 19298 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 19298 of 2025 Santosh Kumar Khare And 3 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Virendra Singh Parmar Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Prashant Singh, Virendra Kumar Gupta Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE ABDUL SHAHID, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners; learned AGA for the State and Sri Virendra Kumar Gupta for the first informant. 2. Although, the prayer made in this writ petition is to quash the First Information Report dated 17.8.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No.365 of 2025, under Sections 419, 420, 379, 120-B of Indian Penal Code, Police Station - Kotwali Nagar (Mahoba), District - Mahoba 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 in th