Shakuntala Devi and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court criminal writ petition (Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 26866 of 2025), order dated 05.12.2025 by Siddhartha Varma and Achal Sachdev, JJ. Interim no-arrest direction conditioned on deposit of amounts credited to petitioners' accounts, arising from FIR dated 17.10.2025, Case Crime No. 0657 of 2025, under sections 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 316(5), 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2025 (as printed), Police Station Karvi Kotwali Nagar, District Chitrakoot. Petitioners: Shakuntala Devi and another (counsel Sandeep Kumar Shukla, Vishnu Murti Tripathi); Respondents: State of U.P. and others (G.A.). Next date of listing: 16.12.2025. No precedent discussed; no monetary figure quantified.
What did the court decide?
Conditional interim protection from arrest: the petitioners shall not be arrested pursuant to the FIR dated 17.10.2025 (Case Crime No.0657 of 2025) till the next date of listing (16.12.2025), subject to deposit of the entire amount remitted to their accounts.