SHASHWAT SINGH AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/6696/2025 · 2025-08-18
Shree Prakash Singh
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48283 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6696 of 2025 Applicant :- Shashwat Singh And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Digvijai Singh,Dharmendra Kumar Singh,Pradeep Rai Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J.
1. Shri Hemant Kumar as well as Shri Adarsh Singh, learned counsel has filed short counter affidavit on behalf of opposite party no.2, the same is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants,
learned counsel for opposite party no.2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. Instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./ 528 B.N.S.S. has been filed with the following prayer:-
"For the facts, reasons and circumstances stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to quash the entire proceeding of the Crl. Case No.12631/2021, Case Crime No.283/2020, U/Ss. 504, 506, 186, 353, 332 IPC, P.S. Gomtinagar, District-Lucknow (State Vs. Shashwat Singh and others), on the basis of Compromise, as well as Chargeshet, bearing its No.1/2020, dated 8.5.2020, and as well as Summoning order dated 6.3.2021, pending in the court of C.J.M. Lucknow, contained as ANNEXURE NO.1 & 2 to the accompanying affidavit in the interest of justice. It is further prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to stay the further proceeding of the Crl. Case No.12631/2021, Case Crime No.283/2020, U/Ss. 504, 506, 186, 353, 332 IPC, P.S. Gomtinagar, District-Lucknow (State Vs. Shashwat Singh and others), during the pendency of the present Application."
4. Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that the applicants are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the instant case. He next added that under some misunderstanding,
the present F.I.R. has been lodged against the applicants and thereafter, the parties have amicably settled their dispute. The compromise deed has been reduced in writing on 10.07.2025, which has been annexed as annexure no. 5 to this application. He submits that now there is no grievance in between the parties and the criminal proceedings against the applicants are the futile exercise as there is no fate of trial and that is amount to harassment of the applicants and thus, the criminal proceedings against the applicants 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 applicants and submits that the parties have settled their dispute amicably while executing a compromise deed and there is no further grievance of the opposite parties against the present applicants, therefore, the criminal proceedings instituted against the applicants 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 applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. 10. For a period of three months, the proceedings initiated in pursuance of the Criminal Case No.12631 of 2021 (State Vs. Shashwat Singh and others), arising out of Case Crime No.283 of 2020, under Sections 504, 506, 186, 353, 332 IPC, Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow, shall remain stayed so far as applicants are 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 applicants, if any, after taking the photocopy of the same.
Order Date :- 18.8.2025 Mohd. Sharif Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD SHARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD SHARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench