SHAHANSHAH ALAM AND 7 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/1965/2025 · 2025-03-06
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:13631 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1965 of 2025 Applicant :- Shahanshah Alam And 7 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mohd. Salman Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Sri Alukhtar Ahmed and Sri Mukhtar Ahmed, learned Advocates have filed their 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 by pleased to quash the entire proceeding of Charge sheet no. 11/2013 dated 10.04.2013 in Criminal Case no. 1043/2020, F.I.R/Case Crime no. no. 0011/2013, U/s 498-A/323/504/506 I.P.C AND 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Unnao styled as State........Vs. Shahanshah Alam and others, Pending Before Learned Civil Judge (J/D)/ F.T.C Crime Against Women, Unnao, as Contained in ANNEXURE No. 1 to this Application, during the pendency of this Application."
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. Criminal Case no. 1043/2020 (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 :- 6.3.2025 Jyoti/- Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench