MOHD. ARSHAD v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/8450/2025 · 2025-09-26
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8450 of 2025
Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Vakalatnama filed today by Mr. Praveen Kumar Pandey, Advocate on behalf of opposite party no. 2 is taken on record. Supplementary affidavit alongwith the original compromise deed filed today is also taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Mr. Praveen Kumar Pandey,
learned counsel appearing for opposite party no. 2 and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed with the prayer to quash the chargesheet dated 19.08.2023 filed in Case Crime No. 172 of 2023, under Sections 394, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Thakurganj, District Lucknow, pending in the court of ACJM, CBI (AP), Lucknow as well as summoning order dated 10.02.2025.
Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the instant case. He next added that due to some misunderstanding, the instant FIR has been lodged against the applicant and thereafter, the parties have amicably compromised their dispute. The compromise deed has been reduced in writing on 15.07.2025, which has been annexed as Annexure No.SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit dated 26.09.2025. He next added that now there is no grievance in between the parties with each other and the criminal proceedings against the applicant Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amit Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohd. Arshad .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
are the futile exercise as there is no fate of trial and that is amount to harassment of the applicant and thus, the criminal proceedings against the applicant may be quashed. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the opposite party no. 2 has supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that the parties have settled their dispute amicably through a compromise deed and there is no further grievance of the opposite party no. 2 against the present applicant and the criminal proceedings against the applicant may be dropped. Learned AGA appearing for the State has no objection to the
contentions aforesaid. 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. 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 deed, requiring their personal presence and, thereafter, proceed to verify the same. 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. 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. For a period of three months, the proceedings initiated in pursuance of Case Crime No. 172 of 2023, under Sections 394, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Thakurganj, District Lucknow, pending in the court of ACJM, CBI (AP), Lucknow, shall remain stayed, so far as present applicant is concerned. The trial court is further directed for ensuring the fact that all the parties against whom the chargesheet was filed are present before the trial court and a report with respect to this effect shall also be sent A482 No. 8450 of 2025 2
alongwith verification order. Office is directed to return back the original compromise deed dated 15.07.2025 to learned counsel for the applicant within a week. September 26, 2025 kkv/ A482 No. 8450 of 2025 3 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench