AFR RESERVED ON: April 7,2026 PRONOUNCED ON: April 29, 2026 UPLOADED ON:April 29, 2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 84 of 2025 Saurav Raj …..Appellant(s)

Versus Sonakshi Verma …..Respondent(s)

Counsel for : Priyanka Singh, Abhay Appellant(s) Pratap Singh Counsel for : Pranshu Agrawal, Respondent(s) Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J.

HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J.

SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J.: The present Special Appeal has been filed by the appellant under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Rules, 1952’) against the order dated August 13, 2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in Contempt Application No. 3201 of 2024 whereby the learned Single Judge disposed of the contempt application on the ground that proceeding under Section

379 of Bharatiya Nagarik Surakhsha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’ ; formerly Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) has already been filed and is pending before the trial court.

FACTS

1. The factual matrix giving rise to the present special appeal has been delineated below:

a. The marriage between the appellant and the respondent, S