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2025 DAILYLAW 155060 (ALL)

HARI RAM v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/6269/2025 · 2025-08-07

Shree Prakash Singh

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46053 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6269 of 2025 Applicant :- Hari Ram Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Krishna Kumar Singh,Sandeep Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Anshu Singh Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today by counsel for the applicant and vakalatnama filed today by Sri Anshu Singh on behalf of opposite party no. 2 are taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anshu Singh, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. The instant application has been filed with the prayer to pleased to quash the entire criminal proceedings of Case No.7694/2019 arising out of Case Crime No. 22/2018, under sections 370, 323, 504 and 506 of IPC P.S. Kachhauna District Hardoi and charge sheet dated 18.08.2018 and also quash the cognizance and summoning order dated 20.07.2019 passed in Criminal Case No. 7694 of 2019. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the instant case. He next added that under some misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. has been lodged against the applicant and thereafter, the parties have amicably compromised their dispute. The compromise deed has been reduced in writing on 16.07.2025, which has been annexed as annexure no. 4 to the instant application. He next added that now there is no grievance in between the parties with each other and the criminal proceedings against the applicant are the futile exercise as there is no fate of trial and that is amount to harassment of the applicant and thus, the criminal proceedings against the applicant may be quashed. 5. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties has supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that the parties have settled their dispute amicably through a compromise deed and there is no further grievance of the opposite parties against the present applicant and the criminal proceedings against the applicant may be dropped. 6. Learned A.G.A. appearing for the State has no objection to the contentions aforesaid. 7. Now whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the court below as such compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the Court. 8. Accordingly, this application is disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that if any such compromise is filed before it, it shall issue notices to all the signatories to the compromise requiring their personal presence and, thereafter, proceed to verify the compromise. If the aforesaid compromise is verified, a report to that effect shall be prepared by the court and the compromise will be made part of the record. 9. The court in that scenario will allow the parties to obtain certified copy of the report as well as compromise and it will be open to the applicant to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. 10. For a period of three months, the proceedings initiated in pursuance of Case No.7694 of 2019 arising out of Case Crime No. 22 of 2018 under sections 370, 323, 504 and 506 of IPC P.S. Kachhauna District Hardoi, shall remain stayed so far as applicant is concerned. 11. The trial Court is directed to examine the fact that whether all the parties against whom the chargesheet was filed, the party in the compromise and in this respect, it shall also sent a report along with the verification order. 12. Office is directed to return the original compromise deed to the learned counsel for the applicant, if any, after taking the photocopy of the same. Order Date :- 7.8.2025 Mayank Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench