AKHILESH KUMAR ALIAS AKHILESH PATEL AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/2312/2025 · 2025-03-12
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15344 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2312 of 2025 Applicant :- Akhilesh Kumar Alias Akhilesh Patel And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Suruchi Tripathi,Govind Krishna Srivastava,Tanmay Krishna Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Sri Sheelu Verma, 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):-
"WHEREFORE, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to pass such Order / Orders so that the further proceedings of the Criminal Prosecution, in the Criminal Case No. 56888/2022, Crime No. 0039/2021 of Police Station - Mahila Thana, District - Lucknow, Under Sections - 498A, 323, 504, 506 Indian Penal Code r/w 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act (D.P. Act) [State of U.P. versus Akhilesh Patel and Others] pending in the court of Ld. Civil Judge (J.D.)/FTC (Crime Against Women), Court No. 22, Lucknow be stayed against the accused-applicant, namely, Akhilesh Kumar Alias Akhilesh Patel, Kaushal Kishor alias Kaushal Patel and Smt. Suman during the pendency of the present Application." It is stated 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 :- 12.3.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench