Akhlesh Kumar and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR refused; writ petition dismissed. Keywords: Criminal Misc. Writ Petition; FIR quashing; protection from arrest; mandamus; Sections 87, 137(2) BNS 2023; Case Crime No. 194/2025; P.S. Pasgawwan; Lakhimpur Kheri; love marriage / marriage of free will; Arya Samaj marriage; Aadhaar Card; counter affidavit; caveat; Transfer Certificate; Class VII 2022; date of birth 06.07.2008; Scholar's Register; petitioner no. 2 Archana Devi; respondent no. 4 Monu; minor's age; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; 21.7.2025; 2025:AHC-LKO:41580-DB.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that, in view of the counter affidavit filed in Court on behalf of respondent no. 4 (recording that petitioner no. 2, Archana Devi, passed Class VII in 2022 and her date of birth in the Scholar's Register is 06.07.2008), there was no good ground to show interference with the impugned F.I.R.; consequently neither prayer (quashing of the F.I.R. nor protection from arrest) was granted.