Sumitra Devi and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-registration of F.I.R.; refusal to lodge first information report; writ petition disposed of with direction to statutory remedies; mandamus versus Section 154 Cr.P.C. statutory duty; Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. application; Section 200 Cr.P.C. complaint; Section 175(3) and Section 223 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; Sections 154(3), 156(3), 190, 200 Cr.P.C. alternative remedies; Whirlpool Corporation four exceptions (1998) 8 SCC 1; Lalita Kumari (2014) 2 SCC 1; Waseem Haider Misc. Bench No.24492 of 2020, 2021 ADJ 86 paragraph 45; Article 226 Constitution of India; proposed accused not necessary party; functus officio point; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; double bench Attau Rahman Masoodi and Subhash Vidyarthi; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:35771-DB; order dated 18.6.2025.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the petitioners to file an application under Sections 156 (3) Cr.P.C. (corresponding to Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) before the competent court if aggrieved by inaction of the opposite parties, or alternatively to file a complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. (corresponding to Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023); no direction for registration of the F.I.R. was issued in this petition.