Allahabad High Court
SMT. SHABNAM AND 3 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petitioners shall not be arrested until cognizance is taken on the police report.
Summary
Smt. Shabnam and three others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking relief from arrest. No counsel appeared for the petitioners. The Attorney General for the State informed the court that a charge sheet had been filed but it was unclear whether the trial court had taken cognizance of the police report. The High Court, noting the existence of an interim order, directed that the petitioners could not be arrested until cognizance is formally taken by the concerned court. The writ petition was thereafter disposed.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioners can be arrested before the trial court takes cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the investigating officer
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal procedure
- cognizance
- charge sheet
- interim relief
- arrest
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18615 of 2025
Smt. Shabnam And 3 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ghazala Bano Quadri, Maseeh Uddin
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE SATYA VEER SINGH, J.
1. Case is called out. No one appears on behalf of the petitioners.
2. Learned A.G.A. appearing for State-respondents informs that charge
sheet has already been filed in this case by the investigating officer, but he
is not certain whether cognizance has been taken by the court thereon or
not.
3. Since charge sheet has already been submitted, but the correct position
regarding the cognizance thereon is not clear, keeping in view the fact
there is interim order operating in this writ petition, the same is disposed
of directing that till the cognizance is taken on the police report by the
court concerned, the petitioners shall not be arrested.
4. The writ petition stands disposed of.
(Satya Veer Singh,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
April 20, 2026
Ruchi Agrahari
Digitally signed by :-
RUCHI AGRAHARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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