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2025 DAILYLAW 125597 (ALL)

ALOK KUMAR SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/1850/2025 · 2025-03-03

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:12737 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1850 of 2025 Applicant :- Alok Kumar Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Surya Prakash Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Shri Surendra Kumar Mishra, learned Advocate has put in appearance by way of filing Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 2, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s), learned AGA for the State 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:- "For the facts, reasons and circumstances stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to quash/set aside the proceedings of case no. 14809/2017 in Case Crime No. 626/2016, under Sections-332, 353, 504 IPC, P.S.-Kotwali Nagar, District-Ayodhya/Faizabad, pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faizabad as well as charge sheet No. A- 134/2017, dated 13.04.2017 arising out of Case Crime No. 626/2016, under Sections-332, 353, 504 IPC, P.S.-Kotwali Nagar, District- Ayodhya/Faizabad, pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faizabad and all consequential orders. This Hon'ble Court may further be pleased to stay the further proceedings of Criminal Case No. 14809/2017 in Case Crime No. 626/2016, under Sections-332, 353, 504 IPC, P.S.-Kotwali Nagar, District- Ayodhya/Faizabad, pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faizabad as well as charge sheet No. A-134/2017, dated 13.04.2017 arising out of Case Crime No. 626/2016, under Sections-332, 353, 504 IPC, P.S.- Kotwali Nagar, District-Ayodhya/Faizabad, pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faizabad and all consequential orders, during pendency of this petition." 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. Criminal Case No.14809/2017 arising out of Case Crime No. 626/2016, under Sections-332, 353, 504 IPC, P.S.-Kotwali Nagar, District- Ayodhya/Faizabad, pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faizabad, 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 applicant(s) to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. (vi) Office is directed to provide original compromise 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 :- 3.3.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench