RAMANAND SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/5754/2025 · 2025-07-21
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41607 Court No. - 13 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 5754 of 2025 Applicant :- Ramanand Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shyamendra Singh,Raj Kumar Verma,Tej Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Shri Prashant Singh, Advocate has put in appearance by way of filing Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 2, which is taken on record. Counter affidavit filed on behalf of the opposite party No.2 is also taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, 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:-
"1. To quash the charge sheet dated 03/09/2022 of case crime No 131/2022 under section 406 I.P.C Police Station Krishna Nagar District Lucknow, and order of taking cognizance dated 20/12/2022 registering the case as criminal case no126502/2022 and summoning the accused and the entire proceedings of criminal case no-126502/2022 (State of U.P versus Ramanand Singh), pending in the court of learned Additinal Chief Judicial magistrate VII Ct No-31 District Lucknow; on the basis of Mutual compromise dated 23/06/2025 as contained as Annexure No-1, 2 & 4 of this petition." It is 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. 126502/2022, arising out of Case Crime No 131/2022, under section 406 I.P.C., Police Station - Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - VII, Court No-31 , District Lucknow, 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 to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. (vi) Office is directed to provide original compromise to the Counsel for the applicant, 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 in the aforesaid case. Order Date :- 21.7.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench