2024 INSC 782 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No. of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 9371 of 2018 Lalu Yadav …Appellant(s) Versus The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. …Respondent(s) J U D G M E N T C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J. Leave granted. 1. The captioned Appeal is directed against the order dated 26.07.2018 of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 16825 of 2018. The said Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking quashment of FIR dated 21.02.2018 bearing Case Crime No. 28 of 2018 registered under Sections 376 and 313 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short the ‘IPC’) at Police Station Nandganj in Ghazipur District of the State of Uttar Page 1 of 14 SLP (Crl.) No. 9371 of 2018Pradesh. In view of the fact that quashment of FIR was sought under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, it is relevant to refer to a decision of this Court in Pepsi Foods