ANKIT SINGH AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/192/2025 · 2025-01-10
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:1831 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 192 of 2025 Applicant :- Ankit Singh And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Kushendra Kumar Singh Rathour Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Sri Rajesh Kumar Singh, learned Advocate has filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Counsel for the opposite party no.2, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. The instant application has been filed for the following main relief:-
"Wherefore it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash and setting aside the impugned summoning order dated 05-07- 2023 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate 2nd Court No- 26 Lucknow in case No- 73084 of 2023 in:re case crime no- 420 of 2022 under section 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act Police Station - Aliganj District- Lucknow and also set aside the Charge sheet bearing its No- 01/2022 dated 31-12-2022 in:re case crime no- 420 of 2022 under section 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act Police Station -Aliganj District- Lucknow against applicant on the basis of the compromise as the applicant and the victim decide to live separately with the condition mentioned in the compromise deed and as such no dispute remains between them to be decided by the Hon'ble Court, and no dispute remains between them to be decided by the Hon'ble Court."
Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that both the parties have amicably settled their dispute outside the Court and have entered into a compromise. As such, keeping in view the settlement arrived at between the parties and the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in this regard, the proceedings impugned are liable to be quashed. Whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the Trial Court as such compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the Court. Considering the aforesaid, the instant application is disposed of finally in following terms:- (i) The parties to the proceedings i.e. Case No. 73084 of 2023 (supra), shall appear before the concerned Court within six weeks from today and file the compromise. (ii) If the parties appear before the concerned Court in terms of above, the concerned Court shall proceed to verify the compromise between the parties to
the proceedings and prepare a report to the same effect and the original compromise deed be made part of record. (iii) The concerned Court shall conclude the process of verification of compromise within two weeks' from the date of production of copy of this order. (iv) The concerned Court shall permit the parties to the proceedings to obtain the certified copy of the report as well as compromise deed. (v) It shall be open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. (vi) Office is directed to provide original compromise, if any, to the Counsel for the applicants, after retaining its photocopy on record. It is for the purposes for its verification by the concerned court. (vii) For a period of eight weeks, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case.
Order Date :- 10.1.2025 Jyoti/- Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench