CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. 2864 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2864 of 2026 Vishal .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anurag Prakash Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Izharul Haque, G.A. Court No. - 47 HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. HON'BLE TARUN SAXENA, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner in support of this petition at considerable length and Ms. Manju Thakur, learned Additional Government Advocate-I appearing on behalf of the State. 2. This writ petition is directed against the impugned First Information Report ('FIR' for short) dated 18.08.2025, giving rise to Case Crime No. 218 of 2025, under Section 74, 115(2), 109(1), 190, 191(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 7/8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 ('POCSO Act' for short), Police Station Kiratpur, District Bijnor. 3. The case of the informant, who is a woman, is that her daughter, the prosecutrix, is a student of Class XII, who goes to Guniyapur School to read. The petitioner eve teases her on the way to and back from school. The informant, on learning of these matters, attempted to dissuade the petitioner,