APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. 4994 of 2026 at Allahabad

Reserved on 16.02.2026 Delivered on 14.05.2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 4994 of 2026 Neetesh Sharma …..Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. and 3 others …..Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Raj Kumar Gautam, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Vimlesh Gautam Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 79 HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J. 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS to quash the impugned order dated 26-05-2023 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hathras in Case No. 225 of 2021 (State Vs Amit Sharma and others), and impugned order dated 29-09- 2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hathras in Criminal Revision No. 80/2023 (Nitesh Sharma vs. State of U.P. and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 0231 of 2020, under section 498A, 323, 354A, 504 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Sasni Kotwali, District Hathras. Factual Matrix 2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the informant, Smt. Neetesh Sharma, was married to accused Amit Kumar Sharma on 24.07.2007 in accordance with Hindu rites and rituals, at the time of marriage, substantial dowry, including ca