IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI
Neha Singh Rathore @ Neha Kumari – Appellant
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State of U.P. – Respondent
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JUDGMENT :
1. Heard Sri Kamal Kishore Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri (Dr.) V. K. Singh, learned Government Advocate assisted by Sri S. N. Tilhari, learned AGA and Sri Vipul Kumar Singh, learned State counsel for the State and perused the record.
2. By means of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:
"(i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari, quashing the impugned First Information Report dated 27.04.2025, lodged by opp-party no.2 at Police Station Hazratganj, District Lucknow, registered as Case Crime No.0111 of 2025, under Sections 196(1)(a), 196(1)(b), 197(1)(a), 197(1)(b), 197(1)(c), 197(1)(d), 353(1)(c), 353(2), 302, 152 of BNS , 2023 and 69a of the IT Act, 2008, as contained in Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition.
(ii) issue a writ, order
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