Bani Singh and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 21761 of 2026

Bani Singh And 2 Others

.....Petitioner(s)

State Of U.P. And 2 Others	Versus .....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Manish Kumar Pathak, Saurabh Kumar Pandey
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 48

HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. HON'BLE TARUN SAXENA, J.

1. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 29.06.2026 in Case Crime No.136 of 2026, under Section 326 (d) of BNS and 2/3 of Prevention of Damages to Public Property Act, Police Station Gorai, District Aligarh and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioners in pursuance of impugned First Information Report.

1. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioners after some length of arguments on merits made an innocuous prayer that before arresting the petitioners police may be directed to follow the principle laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273.