MANAS GUPTA AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/1656/2025 · 2025-03-04
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:13039 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1656 of 2025 Applicant :- Manas Gupta And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Akash Mishra,Virech Shakti Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Sri Sharda Mohan Tiwari, Advocate, has put in appearance for the private opposite party No. 2 and has filed his Vakalatnama, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Instant application has been preferred by the applicant(s) for the following main relief(s):-
"i. To issue an order or direction to quash the entire proceedings in Case No. 127590 of 2022 arising out of Case Crime No. 168 of 2021, Under Section 406, 420, 504, 506, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Police Station Vibhuti Khand, District -Lucknow, (State Vs. Manas Gupta and another), pending before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 26, Lucknow, and quash the Charge Sheet No. 01 of 2022 dated 18.07.2022 filed by the Investigating Officer (Annexure No. 2) as well as Summoning order passed by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Lucknow, on 23.12.2022 (Annexure No. 3); ii. To stay the further proceeding of the Case No. 127590 of 2022 arising out of Case Crime No. 168 of 2021, Under Section 406, 420, 504, 506, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Police Station Vibhuti Khand, District Lucknow, (State Vs. Manas Gupta and another), pending before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 26, Lucknow, and stay the Charge Sheet No. 01 of 2022 dated 18.07.2022 filed by the Investigating Officer (Annexure No. 2) as well as Summoning order passed by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Lucknow, on 23.12.2022 (Annexure No. 3), during pendency of the instant application."
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. 5 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 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 :- 4.3.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench