ANAND KUMAR GAUTAM AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/499/2025 · 2025-01-21
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:3872 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 499 of 2025 Applicant :- Anand Kumar Gautam And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Poorendu Mishra,Phool Chandra Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J.
1. Shri Ashish Kumar Singh, Advocate, has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party no.2 by way of filing his Vakalatnama, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s), learned counsel for opposite party no.2, learned AGA for the State and perused the material available on record. 3. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. now Section 528 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short
"BNSS") has been filed for the following main relief:-
"Wherefore, for the facts and reasons as stated above, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to quash the proceedings of Case No.104222/2022, pending before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, (IVth) Lucknow arising out of Case Crime No.200/2021, U/S 427/506/323 1.P.C., Police Station Mall, District - Lucknow."
4. Learned counsel for the applicant(s) submitted that both the parties have amicably settled their dispute outside the Court and have entered into a compromise and a copy of compromise deed, duly signed by the parties, is annexed as Annexure No.3 to the present application. 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. 5. 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. 6. Considering the aforesaid, this application is disposed of finally in following terms:- (i) The parties to the proceedings in issue shall appear and file the compromise before the concerned Court within four week's from today. (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 week's 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 applicant(s) 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 applicant(s), 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 applicant(s) in the aforesaid case. Order Date :- 21.1.2025 Anand/- Digitally signed by :- ANAND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench