Taufik and Another v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of COVID-19 protocol breach prosecution; Section 482 Cr.P.C. application allowed; charge-sheet dated 20.06.2021 and cognizance order dated 09.08.2021 quashed; Case Crime No. 210 of 2021, P.S. Bhojpur, District Moradabad; Sections 294, 188, 269, 270 I.P.C.; Section 51(b) Disaster Management Act; section 3 Epidemic Act, 2005; State Government notification dated 26.10.2021 withdrawing COVID-19 cases with maximum punishment below two years; Division Bench order dated 08.10.2021 in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 7787 of 2021 (Vinay Kumar and another Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others); Judicial Magistrate, Thakurdwara; applicants Taufik and another; opposite party State of U.P. and another; counsel Krishna Kanhaiya Soni; G.A. for the State; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad; Saurabh Srivastava, J.; order date 23.8.2025; neutral citation 2025:AHC:146446.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the charge-sheet dated 20.06.2021, the cognizance order dated 09.08.2021 and the entire proceeding arising out of Case Crime No. 210 of 2021 (Sections 294, 188, 269, 270 IPC read with Section 51(b) of the Disaster Management Act and Section 3 of the Epidemic Act, 2005), P.S. Bhojpur, District Moradabad, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Thakurdwara, Moradabad.