WRIT - A No. 5734 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 5734 of 2026 Satyendra Raikwar .....Petitioner(s) Versus The State Of U.P. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Aniket Jaiswal, Rishabh Kesarwani Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. By means of present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for quashing of the order dated 14.08.2025 whereby his candidature for the post of Constable in respect of Civil Police Recruitment, 2023 has been cancelled on the ground of pendency of a criminal case. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Foola Devi had lodged a First Information Report (FIR) being Case Crime No.0039/2023 under Sections 323, 504, 506 the erstwhile Indian Penal Code, against four persons including petitioner in the said criminal case have stood finally acquitted vide judgment and order dated 24.12.2025 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banda in Criminal Case No.0039 of 2025, which has not been further appealed against. He further