Sudheer Kumar Diwakar v. State of U.P. and 8 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court; CRIMINAL APPEAL (CRLA) No. 6598 of 2024; Sudheer Kumar Diwakar v. State of U.P. and 8 others; decided October 7, 2025 by Shekhar Kumar Yadav, J.; appeal under Section 14-A(1) SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against rejection (order dated 01.07.2023 by Special Judge (SC/ST Act)/IInd Additional District and Session Judge, Farrukhabad, in Criminal Misc. Case No. 204 of 2023) of Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. application seeking FIR against police personnel (respondent nos. 2-9) for assault and caste-related abuse; court below found no cognizable offence and held action was under official duties; High Court found no irregularity, illegality or jurisdictional error; appeal dismissed; counsel: Aqueel Ahmad and Virendra Gupta for appellant; G.A. and Om Prakash Ratnakar for respondents.
What did the court decide?
No irregularity, illegality or jurisdictional error was found in the impugned order rejecting the appellant's Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. application; the appeal lacks merit and is dismissed.