APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. 19775 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 19775 of 2026 Krishna Singh .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Kumar Kushwaha, Ankita Singh, Prabhat Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 77 HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. Present application has been preferred with the prayer to quash the charge-sheet dated 05.03.2024 and cognizance/summoning order dated 05.07.2025 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.31823 of 2025 (State vs. Krishna Singh) arising out of Case Crime No.08 of 2023, under Sections 406, 420,504, 506 IPC, P.S. Cantt., District-Varanasi, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of applicant has challenged the impugned charge-sheet along with cognizance/summoning order and entire proceedings of the present case precisely on the ground that Sections 420 and 406 IPC cannot go together in the same breath as per the proposition of law settled by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Delhi Race Club (1940) Ltd. and ot