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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
SIDDHARTHA VARMA, ACHAL SACHDEV
Birendra Lal Verma – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HON’BLE ACHAL SACHDEV, J.
1. Various First Information Reports from the districts of Sonbhadra; Sant Ravidas Nagar; Basti; Ghaziabad, Kanpur Nagar; Jaunpur and Varanasi were lodged and they have been challenged by means of various writ petitions.
2. Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.29173 challenges the FIR registered in Sonbhadra on 18.10.2025 which had given rise to Case Crime No.1054 of 2025 under sections 21 & 8 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the "NDPS Act") and sections 318(4) & 319(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as " BNS "). In the FIR there are 4 accused persons.
3. The FIR which was lodged in Ghaziabad on 4.11.2025 had given rise to Case Crime No.0691 of 2025 under sections 336(3), 319(2), 318(4), 3(5) of BNS and sections 8, 22, 29, 37 and 60 of NDPS Act. In the FIR there were 17 accused persons. This FIR has been challenged in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.28339 of 2025 by Pappan Yadav; in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.26006 of 2025 by Abhishek Sharma and in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.26679 of 2025 by Aasif Mohammad.
4. Thereafter FIR dated 12.11.2025 which was lodged in the
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