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INDERJEET KAUR AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME DEPTT. OF HOME AND CONFIDENTIAL LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/9277/2025 · 2025-11-04

Rajeev Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9277 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J. 1. Ms Shreya Prakash, Advocate has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for opposite party no.2 as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. The instant application has been filed with the following prayer:- "WHEREFORE, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased: (i) To quash the entire proceedings and consequential proceedings of Criminal Case No. 48721 of 2024 (State of U.P. v. Mandeep Singh Hora and Ors.). arising out of Case Crime No. 98/2023 under sections 323, 504, 506, 498A IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Manak Nagar, District Lucknow, pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VII, Lucknow; (ii) To quash the impugned summoning order, dated 01.02.2024, passed in Criminal Case No. 48721 of 2024 (State of U.P v. Mandeep Singh Hora and Ors.) whereby the Applicants have been summoned as accused to stand trial Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sudhanshu Shekhar Tripathi, Raghav Bansal, Ritwika Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A. Inderjeet Kaur And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Of Home And Confidential Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) under Sections 323, 504, 506, 498A IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961; (iii) To quash the impugned charge-sheet, dated 20.10.2023, arising out of Case Crime No. 98/2023 under sections 323, 504, 506, 498A IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Manak Nagar, District Lucknow; (iv) To stay the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 48721 of 2024 (State of U.P v. Mandeep Singh Hora and Ors.), arising out of Case Crime No. 98/2023 under sections 323, 504, 506, 498A IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Manak Nagar, District Lucknow, pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VII, Lucknow; (v) To stay the operation as well as the implementation of the impugned summoning order, dated 01.02.2024, passed in Criminal Case No. 48721 of 2024 (State of U.P v. Mandeep Singh Hora and Ors.) whereby the Applicants have been summoned as accused to stand trial under Sections 323, 504, 506, 498A IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961" 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that both the parties have amicably compromised their dispute. The compromise which has taken place between the parties is also filed before this Court as Annexure No.4 to the application. 5. Whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the trial court concerned as such compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the Court. 6. Accordingly, this application is disposed of with a direction to the trial 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. 7. The court concerned in that scenario will allow the parties to obtain certified copy of the report as well as compromise and it will A482 No. 9277 of 2025 2 be open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. 8. For a period of one month, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case. 9. Office is directed to return the original compromise deed, if any, to the learned counsel for the applicants, after taking the photocopy of the same. November 4, 2025 Renu/- A482 No. 9277 of 2025 3 (Rajeev Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- RENU AGARWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench