JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP JAIN, J.

1. The present writ petition has been instituted challenging the impugned judgment and order dated 02.06.2025 passed by the Commissioner, Meerut Division, Meerut in Appeal No. 720 of 2025 (Satendra vs. State of U.P.), as well as the order dated 12.02.2025 passed by the Additional District Magistrate (Finance & Revenue), District Bulandshahr in Case No. 1650 of 2024 (State of U.P. vs. Satendra), whereby proceedings under Section 3(1) of the U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970 culminated in an externment order against the petitioner for a period of six months.

2. Factual matrix is that the record reveals that two criminal cases have been registered against the petitioner at Police Station Khurja Nagar, District Bulandshahr. The first case, being Case Crime No. 3 of 2022, was registered under Sections 147, 323, 504, 506 IPC along with Sections 3(1)(d) of the SC/ST Act. The second case, being Case Crime No. 445 of 2023, was registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 308, 323, 427, 504, 506 IPC alongwith other allied provisions of the SC/ST Act.

3. On account of the aforesaid criminal cases, proceedings under Section 3(1) of the U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970 were