Lal Mohd. vs State of U. P. - 2025 Supreme(SC) 960

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2025 Supreme(SC) 960

VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Lal Mohd. – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Mohammad Aslam , AOR Mr. Shahid Azad, Adv. Mr. Mohd Shoaib, Adv. Mr. Mohd Asif Rander, Adv. Mr. Manoharan Vv, Adv. Mr. Ashraf Yusuf Khan, Adv. Ms. Nazish Fatima, Adv. Mr. Mateen Ahmad, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Namit Saxena, AOR Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP MEHTA, J.

1. Heard.

2. Leave granted.

3. The present appeal by special leave, arises out of the final judgment and order dated 3rd May, 2023¹ [Hereinafter referred to as the “impugned order”] passed by the learned Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad² [Hereinafter referred to as the “High Court”] in Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 3494 of 2023, whereby the High Court dismissed the Writ Petition filed by the appellants seeking quashing of First Information Report³ [For short ‘FIR’] in CC No. 132 of 2023⁴ [Hereinafter referred to as ‘impugned FIR’] dated 30th April, 2023, under Section 3(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986⁵ [Hereinafter referred to as the ‘UP Gangsters Act’] lodged at Police Station Khargupur, District-Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.

4. The factual background, essential for the disposal of the instant appeal, is as follows:

4.2 On 10th October, 2022, one Rikki Modan