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2025 DAILYLAW 162202 (ALL)

RITA RANI AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO AND ANOTHER

A482/8743/2024 · 2025-04-24

Alok Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23789 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8743 of 2024 Applicant :- Rita Rani And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shashi Kant Tripathi,Pankaj Kumar,Vinay Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Amit Kumar Gupta,Jitendra Kumar Gupta Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Shashi Kant Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Amit Kumar Gupta, learned counsel appearing for opposite party no. 2. 2. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants for quashing the summoning order dated 27.05.2022, passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 5, Lakhimpur Kheri passed in Complaint Case No. 71 of 2023 - Upasana Dixit Vs. Manish Dixit and Others, under Section 498- A IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station - Bhira, District - Lakhimpur Kheri. Further prayer has been made to set aside the bailable warrant dated 10.07.2024 as well as to quash the entire proceedings of the case mentioned above. 3. Perusal of order sheet indicates that by means of order dated 23.10.2024, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Center of this Court. The report of Mediation Center dated 04.03.2025, is available on record, from which it is evident that no settlement agreement could be arrived at between the parties. 4. After arguing the matter up to some length, learned counsel for the applicants submits that he does not want to press this application on merit and he confines his prayer only to the extent that applicants may be permitted to move discharge application(s) through counsel and suitable directions may be issued for expeditious disposal of the same. 5. Learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel appearing for opposite party no. 2 have no objection in grant of aforesaid prayer. 6. In view of above, it is provided that applicants are permitted to move their discharge application(s) through counsel within four weeks' from today and in case any such application(s) is/are being filed, same shall be heard and decided expeditiously after hearing the parties, in accordance with law, by means of a reasoned and speaking order. 7. Till the aforesaid period of four weeks' and during pendency of discharge application, no coercive steps shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case. 8. In case of failure on the part of applicants in moving the discharge application within the aforesaid period, they will not be entitled to the benefit of this order. 9. With above directions this application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 24.4.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench