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2025 DAILYLAW 129069 (ALL)

MANNA @ ABDUL SHAHID AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. (HOME) GOVT. OF U.P. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

CRLP/2320/2025 · 2025-05-06

Brij Raj Singh, Vivek Chaudhary

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:26271-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2320 of 2025 Petitioner :- Manna @ Abdul Shahid And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. (Home) Govt. Of U.P. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sheikh Mohammad Ali Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Ramesh Gupta Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Ramesh Gupta, learned counsel for opposite party no.4. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought quashing of the First Information Report dated 6.2.2025 bearing Case Crime No.0027 of 2025, under Sections 137(2) of B.N.S., 2023, Police Station Jarwal Road, District Bahraich. 3. On 24.3.2025, parties were directed to appear before the Senior Registrar for verification of compromise. 4. The report of the Senior Registrar of this Court dated 27.3.2025 is on record, according to which, he has verified the compromise on 27.3.2025. The original compromise is on record which has been annexed as Annexure-SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit. 5. According to the terms of the compromise, parties have decided to withdraw all the cases filed by them against each other including First Information Report dated 6.2.2025 bearing Case Crime No.0027 of 2025, under Sections 137(2) of B.N.S., 2023, Police Station Jarwal Road, District Bahraich. 6. Learned counsel for the parties state that the dispute under the said compromise is already settled between the parties. Even in the statement recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S., 2023, the girl has stated that she had gone on her own choice and that no wrong has been committed upon her. 7. Intent is clear, the informant-Arif, who is a signatory to the compromise, does not want to press the FIR, therefore, no purpose would be served in allowing the proceedings even if charge sheet has been filed before the court below to go on considering the nature of the dispute. 8. Accordingly, the impugned FIR, which is the basis to serve consequential proceedings of investigation and thereafter filing of charge sheet, if any, is hereby quashed. Consequently, all proceedings taken consequent to the lodging of the FIR including charge sheet, if any, filed before the court below stand quashed. 9. The writ petition is, accordingly, allowed. 10. The Senior Registrar of this Court shall communicate this order to the court concerned for correcting its record, accordingly. 11. Learned AGA shall communicate this order to the investigating officer. . [Brij Raj Singh,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] Order Date :- 6.5.2025 Sachin Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench