Vipul Pandey and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 22249 of 2026

Vipul Pandey And 3 Others

.....Petitioner(s)

	Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others		...	..Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Chandra Kumar Pandey	Rai,	Girish Kumar
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 09.08.2026 in Case Crime No.354 of 2026, under Sections 115(2), 352, 85 of BNS Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Sigra, District Kashi (Varanasi) 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.