APPLICATION U/s 482 No. 3237 of 2020 at Lucknow

AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/s 482 No. - 3237 of 2020 Jyoti Kamal and others …..Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home. and another …..Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Nadeem Murtaza, Anjani Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ishan Baghel, Mohd. Khalid Reserved on 19.01.2026 Pronounced on 29.01.2026 Uploaded on 29.01.2026 Court No. - 16 HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. Heard Shri Nadeem Murtaza, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Rao Narendra Singh, learned AGA-I for the State and Shri Ishan Baghel, learned counsel for opposite party no.2. The present application under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed seeking quashing of impugned summoning order dated 12.12.2018 passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 32, Lucknow (in short “Magistrate”) in Complaint Case No. 1297 along with entire criminal proceedings arising out thereof. It is the case of the applicants that the Applicant Nos. 1 to 3 were working as Executive Editor, Crime Reporter and Assistant News Editor, respectively, in the News18 Channel. It has been submitted that the Applicant No. 1 was not involv