AWADHESH KUMAR GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/894/2025 · 2025-01-30
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6541 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 894 of 2025 Applicant :- Awadhesh Kumar Gupta Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Hanumant Lal Srivastava,Kanchan Rawat Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Shri Gokul Seth, learned Advocate has put in appearance by way of filing Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 2, which is taken on record. Heard Ms Kanchan Rawat, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State of U.P. as well as learned counsel for the opposite party No.2 and gone through the record. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for the following main relief:-
"(i) To quash the charge sheet bearing no. 1, dated 23.10.2019 arising out in case crime no. 1108 of 2018 under section 498- A/323/504/506 I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Chinhat District Lucknow, pending before the learned court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court No. 25, Lucknow contained in Annexure application. no. 1 to this application. (ii). To quash the entire proceeding arising out of case crime case crime no. 1108 of 2018 under section 498-A/323/504/506 I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Chinhat District Lucknow."
Learned counsel for the applicants has 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.4 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.
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, this application is disposed of finally in following terms:- (i) The parties to the proceedings i.e. proceedings arising out of Charge Sheet bearing No. 1, dated 23.10.2019, relating to Case Crime No.1108 of 2018, under section 498-A/323/504/506 I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Chinhat District Lucknow, pending before the learned court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court No. 25, Lucknow, 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 four 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 applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. (vi) Office is directed to provide original compromise 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 applicant in the aforesaid case.
Order Date :- 30.1.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench