RAJESH PANDEY AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO AND ANOTHER
A482/7742/2025 · 2025-09-16
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7742 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.
1. Shri Santosh Kumar, Advocate has put in appearance by filing Vakalatnama 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 relief:-
"The applicants named above most respectfully begs to submit that for the
facts, reasons and circumstances stated in the accompanying affidavit, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the Chargesheet No. 126/2024 dated 25.06.2024, under sections 498A,323,306 1.P.C., at Police Station- Tarun, District - Ayodhya, and entire proceeding pending before Learned Additional Session Judge F.T.C. IInd Faizabad/Ayodhya in Session Trial No. 150/24, "State Vs Rajesh Pandey and another" arising out of Case Crime No. 137/2024, under sections 498A,323,306 I.P.C., at Police Station Tarun, District -Ayodhya. It is further prayed that the further proceedings of the Session Trial No. 150/24, "State Vs Rajesh Pandey and another" arising out of Case Crime No. 137/2024, under sections 498A,323,306 I.P.C., at Police Station Tarun, District - Ayodhya may kindly be stayed, during pendency of this 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, Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shobh Nath Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Santosh Kumar Rajesh Pandey And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
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 01.09.2025, which has been annexed as annexure no. 3 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 Session Trial No. 150/24, "State Vs Rajesh Pandey and another" arising out of Case Crime No. 137/2024, under sections 498A,323,306 I.P.C., Police Station Tarun, District - Ayodhya, shall remain stayed so far as applicants are concerned.
11. The trial Court is directed to examine the fact that whether all A482 No. 7742 of 2025 2
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. September 16, 2025 Mohd. Sharif A482 No. 7742 of 2025 3 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD SHARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench