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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 1930 of 2024 Court No. - 91 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J.
1. Heard Sri Pratik Kumar, learned counsel for the revisionist, Sri Atul Kumar Singh learned counsel for opposite party no.2 as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present criminal revision has been filed with prayer to allow the revision and further be pleased to set aside the impugned judgment/order dated 11.03.2024 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Rampur in Criminal Case No.742 of 2019 (Smt. Indu Gautam and another vs. Arvind Kumar) under Section 125 Cr.P.C., Police Station Civil Lines District Rampur. 3. Learned counsel for the revisionist submits that the present criminal proceedings have been initiated due to matrimonial discord between revisionist and opposite party no.2. He, however, submits that there is likelihood of settlement of the matrimonial dispute between the parties. 4. Learned counsel for opposite party nos. 2 & 3 admits that there are chances of reconciliation between the parties. 5. The revisionist is directed to deposit a sum of Rs. 1,55,000/- by way of demand draft/pay order in the name of Registrar General A/c, Allahabad High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre within a period of thirty days from today. After deposit of the aforesaid amount, the Mediation Centre shall send a notice to opposite party no.2 to appear before the Mediation and Versus Counsel for Revisionist(s) : Arvind Srivastava Iii, Pratik Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Atul Kumar Singh, G.A., Mahesh Kumar Dubey, Rishabh Kashyap Arvind Kumar .....Revisionist(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
Conciliation Centre of this Court on the date fixed in the notice. Out of aforesaid amount, a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- shall be payable to opposite party no.2 on her appearance. The balance amount of Rs. 5,000/- shall be retained by the Mediation Centre towards cost of Mediation. The amount paid to the opposite party no.2 to the tune of Rs. 1,50,000/- out of which the amount of Rs. 1,40,000/- shall be adjusted in the arrears amount. The Mediation Centre shall submit its report in the matter within three months. 6. List this case after three months before the appropriate Court. 7.
In view of the facts as noted above and that the matter has been referred for mediation at the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court, Allahabad, as an interim measure it is provided that the judgment and order passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Rampur in Criminal Case No.742 of 2019 (Smt. Indu Gautam and another vs. Arvind Kumar) under Section 125 Cr.P.C., Police Station Civil Lince District Rampur shall be kept in abeyance, till the final outcome of the mediation proceedings as directed herein above. 8. However, it is provided that if the amount, as directed above, is not deposited by the revisionist within the aforesaid period, the protection granted to him shall automatically stand vacated and the instant criminal revisionist shall be decided on merits, without any further reference to the Court. 9. It is made clear that the matter shall not be treated as tied up or part heard to this Bench. September 9, 2025 C. MANI CRLR No. 1930 of 2024 2 (Madan Pal Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- CHANDRAMANI VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad