1 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:8535 Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 4018 of 2024 Appellant :- Smt. Saroj Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home And 3 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Vipin Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present criminal appeal under Section 14-A (1) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been preferred against the impugned order dated 18.11.2024 passed by the court of Special Judge SC/ST Act, Faizabad in Criminal Misc. Case No. 198/2024: Saroj Vs. Karta Ram and others, Police Station Ayodhya, District Ayodhya. 3. The Operative part of the impugned order dated 18.11.2024 is extracted below: "4& lquk rFkk i=koyh dk voyksdu fd;kA vkosfndk ds vulqkj jketru us 20&7&2023 dks viuh ftl Hkwfe xkVk la[;k 594d esa 1361 oxZ ehVj dk cSukek izkfFkZuh dks fd;k ml Hkwfe dks foi{kh la[;k 1 djrkjke us vukf/kdkj foi{kh la0 2 o 3 ls lkaBxkaB djds 29&7&2024 dks lfjrk iq=h f=Hkqou ds i{k esa cSukek dj fn;k gSA tcfd jketru us djrkjke ds i{k esa bl Hkwfe dk 06&07&2015 tks cSukek 350000@& :i;s esa fd;k Fkk mlds ckjs esa djrkjke vkSj jketru ds chp fnukad 20&02&2023 dks lqyg le>kSrk fy[kk x;k Fkk fd pwafd jketru vuqlwfpr tkfr dk gS vkSj mldh tehu djrkjke dks cspus ds igys ftykf/kdkjh dh vuqefr ugha yh xbZ Fkh vkSj blfy, djrkjke ds i{k esa nkf[ky [kkfjt ugha gks ik;kA vr% jketru us cSukesa dk izfrQy e; [kpkZ pkj yk[k :i;s djrkjke dks okil dj fn;s gSa vkSj djrkjke dks bl tehu ij dksbZ vf/kdkj ugha jgsxkA 5& izkFkZuk i= ds dFkuksa vkSj mlds lkFk layXu cSukekas vkSj lqygukes o vU; izi=ksa ds voyksdu ls ;g Li"V ifjyf{kr gks jgk gS fd i{kdkjksa ds e/; tks fookn gS og flfoy izd`fr dk fookn gSA fodzsrk jketru }kjk izkfFkZuh ds i{k esa 20&07&2023 dk cSukek djus ds iwoZ foi{kh la0 1 djrkjke ds i{k esa fnukad 06&07&2015 dks tks cSukek 350000@&:0 esa fd;k Fkk] mlds fu"iknu ds i'pkr Hkwfe ij djrkjke dks dksbZ vf/kdkj izkIr gqvk vFkok ughaA vkSj D;k ml cSukes dk izHkko uksVjh ds le{k fu"ikfnr lqygukes ls lekIr gks x;k vkSj djrkjke dks dbZ vf/kdkj ugha jg x;k vkfn fcUnqvkas ij flfoy U;k;ky; }kjk gh fu"d"kZ fn;k tk ldrk gSA ;fn ;g 2 eku Hkh fy;k tk, fd djrkjke dks lqygukek fnukad 20&02&2023 ds ckn cSukek djus dk vf/kdkj ugha Fkk rks Hkh mlds }kjk 29&07&2024 dks lfjrk ds i{k esa cSukek fu"ikfnr djds ;fn dksbZ /kks[kk/kM+h o Ny fd;k x;k gS rks og vijk/k djrkjke us dzsrk lfjrk ds lkFk fd;k gSA ftlls mlus fodz; ewY; izkIr fd;k gSA izkfFkZuh ds lkFk fdlh izdkj dk Ny vFkok dwVjpuk dk vijk/k xfBr ugha gksrk gSA izdj.k ewy :i ls flfoy izd`fr dk fookn gS] ftls vkijkf/kd fookn dk jax nsus ds fy, fnukad 05&10&2024 dh ?kVuk cukbZ xbZ izrhr gksrh gS tks U;kf;d izfdz;k dk nq:i;ksx gSA vr% izkFkZuk i= Lohdkj gksus ;ksX; ugha gSA" 4. A perusal of the judgment relied by the learned counsel for the appellant Santosh Kumar (supra) shows that in that case the application was not decided on merits, but in the instant case the trial court while deciding the application under Section 173 (4) B.N.S.S. has gone through the merits of the matter and after considering the merits of the allegation(s) made in the application has rightly arrived at conclusion that the dispute is primarily civil in nature, which is sought to be given a criminal colour. 5. I find no illegality in the order impugned. 6. The appeal is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. Order Date :- 10.2.2025 Arvind Digitally signed by :- ARVIND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench