JUDGMENT :

Surendra Singh-I, J.

Heard Sri Brajesh Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Alok Krishan Tripathi, learned counsel for the informant and Smt. Manju Thakur, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State-respondents.

2. The present writ petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned first information report dated 06.04.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 216 of 2023 under Sections 366, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station-Jeanpur, District-Azamgarh, and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioners pursuant to impugned first information report.

3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the informant/respondent no. 4, Ram Bilas Rajbhar had given an application u/s 156 (3) Cr.P.C. regarding alleged incident dated 28.12.2022 at 11.30 hours on which Judicial Magistrate, Azamgarh, passed an order dated 03.04.2023 whereby first information report against the petitioners was lodged on 06.04.2023 as Case Crime No. 216 of 2023 u/s 366, 120-B I.P.C., P.S.-Jeanpur, District-Azamgarh.

4. It has been stated in the first information report that petitioner no. 1, Arvind Singh, is the ex-Gram Pradhan of village-Rasoolpur, Distr