Allahabad High Court
TARANJEET SINGH AND 5 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petitioners shall not be arrested until cognizance of the charge sheet is taken by the court concerned.
Summary
Petitioners Taranjeet Singh and five others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking protection from arrest. The State counsel 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 in the writ petition, directed that the petitioners could not be arrested until cognizance is formally taken by the concerned court. No further substantive hearing on the merits was undertaken. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of.
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. - 7733 of 2023
Taranjeet Singh And 5 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Perdeep Kumar
Vishnoi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Pramod Kumar Srivastava
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE VINAI KUMAR DWIVEDI, J.
1. Case called out in revised list.
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.
May 7, 2026
Rohit
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ROHIT DAS
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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