Smt. Sana Parveen and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. of Home Deptt. Lko and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 2342 of 2025, decided 13.11.2025 by Abdul Moin and Mrs. Babita Rani, JJ. Subject: writ of mandamus for protection of peaceful matrimonial life of newly married couple; earlier interim protection granted 20.3.2025. Dismissed as infructuous: FIR Case Crime No. 0124 of 2025 dated 18.3.2025 under Section 87 BNS 2023 against Sonu (petitioner no. 2, styled Shanu in memo); victim's statement under Section 183 BNSS 2023; final report B14/2025 dated 22.3.2025 submitted to supervisory authority. No counsel appeared; counter affidavit of AGA taken on record. Keywords: matrimonial protection, mandamus, marriage, FIR, Section 87 BNS, Section 183 BNSS, final report, infructuous writ petition.
What did the court decide?
This Court held that the writ petition had become infructuous, since an FIR (dated 18.3.2025, Case Crime No. 0124 of 2025, under Section 87 of BNS, 2023) stood registered against petitioner no. 2 (Sonu) and, after recording the victim's statement under Section 183 BNSS, 2023, final report no. B14/2025 dated 22.3.2025 had been submitted before the supervisory authority; accordingly, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous.