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JAI SINGH CHAUHAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOME LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

CRLP/7622/2025 · 2025-09-11

Rajesh Singh Chauhan, S Q H Rizvi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7622 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, J. HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J. 1.Heard Sri H.S. Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vinod Kumar Yadav, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State and Sri Vinay Kumar, learned counsel, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party Nos.4 & 5, which is taken on record. 2.By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned First Information Report bearing FIR/ Case Crime No.0084 of 2025, under Sections 281, 125(a) and 125(b) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station- Hussainganj, District-Lucknow, as contained in Annexure No.2 to the writ petition, in terms of compromise dated 11.07.2025. 3.At the very outset, Sri Tiwari has drawn attention of this Court towards the order dated 23.07.2025 (Annexure No.1) passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.6393 of 2025; Jai Singh Chauhan vs. State of U.P. & others, which reads as under:- "Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Vinay Kumar Singh, Advocate, who has filed power on behalf of respondent no.4. This petition has been filed with the following main prayer:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned First Information Report registered at F.I.R. No.0084 of 2025 Under Section 281, 125(a), 125(b) B.N.S, Police Station Hussainganj, Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Hari Shanker Tewari, Ajay Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Jai Singh Chauhan .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) District Lucknow, as contained in Annexure No.1 to this writ petition, in term of Compromise dated 11.7.2025." A short counter affidavit has also been filed by learned counsel for the respondent. The same is taken on record. Learned counsel for the petitioner says that a compromise has occurred between the parties. Learned counsel for the respondent does not dispute such fact and a copy of the compromise has also been filed along with the short counter affidavit filed today. This petition is disposed of with a direction to the parties to approach the Investigating Officer concerned on 28.07.2025 at 02:00 p.m. along with the compromise, who shall verify the same and then make an appropriate report to the Magistrate concerned. The Registry is directed to return the original compromise to learned counsel for the petitioner after retaining a photocopy of the same on record. Till appropriate report is submitted by the Investigating Officer to the Magistrate concerned, petitioner shall not be arrested in pursuance of the impugned F.I.R." 4.Thereafter, Sri Tiwari has further drawn attention of this Court towards Annexure No.6 of the writ petition, which is a verification report dated 07.08.2025 submitted by Sri Sandeep Tiwari, Sub-Inspector, Police Station- Hussainganj, District-Lucknow in compliance of order dated 23.07.2025. The report dated 07.08.2025 reads as under:- "िरपोटर् थाना हुसैनगंज पुिलस किमश्नरेट लखनऊ। सेवा में, श्रीमान ए.सी.जे.एम. प्रथम महोदय, जनपद-लखनऊ (उ०प्र०) महोदय, सादर िनवेदन है िक माननीय उच्च न्यायालय इलाहाबाद खण्डपीठ लखनऊ द्वारा पािरत आदेश- This petition is disposed of with a direction to the parties to approach the Investigating Officer concerned on 28.07.2025 at 02:00 p.m. along with the compromise, who shall verify the same and then make an CRLP No. 7622 of 2025 2 appropriate report to the Magistrate concerned. िदनाक 23.07.2025 िरट यािचका स० सी.आर.एल.पी. न. 6393 वषर् 2025 जयिसह चौहान बनाम उ०प्र० सरकार की मूलप्रित तथा जयिसह चौहान एवं राके श कु मार के मध्य हुये समझौते की मूलप्रित के साथ िदनांक 28.07.2025 को उभय पक्ष उपिस्थत आये। माननीय न्यायालय के आदेशानुसार उभय पक्ष के अिधवक्ताओं ने जयिसह एव राके श कु मार की पहचान िकया। जयिसह चौहान एवं राके श कु मार की फोटो जो समझौता िदनांक 11.07.2025 पर लगी थी उसका िमलान मेरे द्वारा िकया गया। दोनों पक्षों ने मेरे समक्ष स्वीकार िकया िक समझौता िदनांक 11.07.2025 पर उनके द्वारा ही हस्ताक्षर बनाये गये हैं। तथा प्रथम पक्ष राके श कु मार ने िलिखत रूप में स्वीकार िकया है िक समझौता पर हस्ताक्षर व फोटो मेरे हैं। समझौता एफ.आई.आर. न .0084/2025 के सम्बन्ध में है। माननीय उच्च न्यायालय के आदेश िदनांक 23.07.2025 तथा समझौते की सत्यािपत मूलप्रित अिग्रम कायर्वाही हेतु प्रेिषत है। (संदीप ितवारी) उपिनरीक्षक थाना हुसैनगंज, लखनऊ। 07.08.2025" 5. Sri Tiwari has submitted that in terms of the compromise agreement dated 11.07.2025, the petitioner is giving a Demand Draft of Rs.3,75,000/- in the name of opposite party No.5 i.e. Rakesh Kumar S/o Sri Chandrika Prasad. The photocopy thereof has been taken on record. The aforesaid demand draft has been handed over to the learned counsel for the opposite party Nos.5, who shall hand over the said demand draft to the opposite party No.5 i.e. Rakesh Kumar. 6. Learned counsel for the opposite party Nos.4 & 5 has also submitted that the dispute between the parties has been amicably settled through compromise, therefore, the parties in dispute are not interested to pursue the criminal case. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the issue in question, particularly, the fact that the present petitioner and the private opposite parties have settled the dispute through compromise, which has been verified and report to this effect has been annexed as Annexure No.5 to this petition, therefore, compelling the prosecution to prosecute the present petitioner would to be a futile exercise and in view of the dictum of Hon'ble Supreme Court rendered in re: B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and Another; 2003 (4) SCC 675, Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303; State of Rajasthan vs. Shambhu Kewat, (2014) 4 SCC 149; State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Deepak (2014) 10 SCC 285; State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Manish (2015) 8 SCC 307; J.Ramesh Kamath vs. Mohana Kurup CRLP No. 7622 of 2025 3 (2016) 12 SCC 179; State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Rajveer Singh (2016) 12 SCC 471; Parbatbhai AAhir vs. State of Gujarat (2017) 9 SCC 641, the entire proceedings of the aforesaid crime case are hereby quashed. 8. The petition is, therefore, allowed. 9. No order as to costs. September 11,2025 Suresh/ CRLP No. 7622 of 2025 4 (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- SURESH CHANDRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench