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Allahabad High Court

SMT. KANCHAN RATHORE AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition is not maintainable and is dismissed because the matter is already registered under Section 140(3) of the B.N.S.

Summary

Petitioners Smt. Kanchan Rathore and another filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court against the State of Uttar Pradesh and three others. The respondents argued that the matter was already registered under Section 140(3) of the B.N.S. at the Gola temple in Gwalior district, making the petition non‑maintainable. The court examined the pleadings and the claim of prior registration. Relying on the registration under the said provision, the court held that the petition could not be entertained. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed as not maintainable.

Issues considered

  • Whether the writ petition is maintainable when the subject matter is already registered under Section 140(3) of the B.N.S.

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • maintainability
  • dismissal
  • Section 140(3)
  • registration
  • Allahabad High Court

Judgment

                                                HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                                   WRIT - C No. - 32151 of 2026

                                    Smt. Kanchan Rathore And Another
                                                                                                                 .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                                 Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 3 Others
                                                                                                              .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                             :    Sushil Kumar Rathore
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                             :    C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 75
                                                     HON'BLE DR. GAUTAM CHOWDHARY, J.

                                    याचीगण के विद्वान अधिवक्ता व विद्वान अपर मुख्य स्थायी अधिवक्ता को सुना एवं पत्रावली का
                                    परिशीलन किया।

                                    विद्वान स्थायी अधिवक्ता का कथन है इस प्रश्नगत प्रकरण के संबंध में मु०अ०सं० 0247/2026,
                                    धारा 140(3) बी.एन.एस., थाना गोला का मंदिर, जनपद ग्वालियर में पंजीकृत हो चुकी है।
                                    इसलिए, यह याचिका पोषणीय नहीं है तथा निरस्त किये जाने योग्य है।

                                    तद्नुसार, उपरोक्त तर्कों के परिप्रेक्ष्य में इस याचिका को निरस्त किया जाता है।



                                                                                               (Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.)
                                    September 14, 2026
                                    CP.sahani




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CHANDRA PRAKASH SAHANI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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