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2025 DAILYLAW 164710 (ALL)

JANKI NANDAN AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/7829/2025 · 2025-09-16

Shree Prakash Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7829 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. 1. Sri Dibakar Das, Advocate has put in appearance by filing Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2 and the same is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Dibakar Das, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the material placed on record. 3. By means of the instant application, the applicants have prayed quash the impugned Charge-Sheet dated 02.11.2024 in Case No.-15996/2025, Crime No.-217/2024, under Sections 498-A/323/504/506 IPC & 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, PS-Jaidpur, District-Barabanki and to quash the entire consequential proceedings pursuant to the impugned Charge-Sheet against the Petitioners in connection with Case No.- 15996 / 2025. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. was lodged against the applicants. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing on 24.05.2025. Thereafter, the applicants filed an Application U/S 482 No.4783 of 2025 wherein this Court vide order dated 03.06.2025 has directed the trial court to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 21.06.2025. He submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. He submits that further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal proceedings against the applicants may be quashed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashutosh Verma, Ankit Kumar Pandey, Ashwani Trivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Janki Nandan And 4 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Ministry Of Home Affairs Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no.2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. 6. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. 7. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 24.05.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 21.06.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicants. 8. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 24.05.2025 and no grievance remains to be agitated and, as such, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case are liable to be set aside in view of the Judgments of the Apex Court rendered in B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another (2003) 4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation (2008) 9 SCC 677; Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, (2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303; and Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466. 9. Accordingly, entire criminal proceedings against the applicants in impugned Charge-Sheet dated 02.11.2024 in Case No.-15996/2025, Crime No.-217/2024, under Sections 498-A/323/504/506 IPC & 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, PS-Jaidpur, District-Barabanki are hereby quashed. 10. The compromise shall be part of this order. 11. The application is allowed accordingly. 12. Consigned to the records. September 16, 2025 Mayank A482 No. 7829 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench