APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. 14244 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 14244 of 2026 Ramnath .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ravesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 77 HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned AGA for the State. 2. Present application has been preferred with the prayer to quash the chargesheet dated 30.11.2024 and cognizance/summoning order dated 19.8.2025 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate/Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Etah as well as entire proceedings of Case no. 18907 of 2025 (State of U.P. vs. Sanjeev Kumar and another) arising out of Case Crime no. 340 of 2024, under Sections 318(4), 316(2), 352, 351(3) BNS, P.S.- Jaithra, District Etah. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of applicants has challenged the impugned chargesheet along with cognizance/summoning order and entire proceedings of the present case precisely on the ground that Sections 420 and 406 IPC (i.e. section 318(4) and 316(2) BNS) cannot go together in the same breath as per the proposition of law settled by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of