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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:111481 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD ***** (SL No.22) Court No. - 78 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 42114 of 2024 Applicant :- Prabhunath Yadav Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Raj Narayan Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J.
1. Heard Sri Raj Narayan Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Rajesh Kumar Gupta, learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking quashing of the summoning order dated 18.10.2023 passed in Complaint Case No. 2081 of 2022 (Tribhuvan Narayan Singh vs. Prabhunath & Another) under Section 406 I.P.C., P.S.- Nagra, District- Azamgarh, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Azamgarh.
3. Learned counsel of the applicant submits that there is a trivial dispute between the parties with regard to a proposed transaction of the property between the parties, according to which it is alleged in the complaint that the opposite party no.2 had advanced a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- to the applicant herein. In view of the same, learned counsel for the applicant submits that if an opportunity is granted to the parties, there is a possibility of settlement of dispute, specifically looking at the summoning order by which the applicant has been summoned only for an offense under Section 406 I.P.C., which is a compoundable offense.
4. In view thereof, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the matter may be referred to the mediation center attached to the District Court- Azamgarh, so that the parties can settle their disputes amicably under the able guidance of the Mediators.
5. In view thereof, the instant application is disposed of with a direction to the trial court that if any such request is made by the
applicant for referring the matter to the mediation center, the same shall be accorded by the learned Judicial Magistrate. Order Date :- 11.7.2025 Shubham Arya (Anish Kumar Gupta, J.) Digitally signed by :- SHUBHAM ARYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad