The Allahabad High Court last week observed that an offence under Section 506 IPC (Punishment for criminal intimidation) if committed in the State of Uttar Pradesh is a cognizable offence. To hold thus, a Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi referred to a notification published in the U.P. Gazette dated 31st July 1989, notifying the declaration made by the then Governor of UP that...