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2025:CGHC:58475
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRR No. 630 of 2018 • Yugal Kishore Sahu S/o Shri Mandheer Lal Sahu Aged About 34 Years R/o Village New Puraina, P. S. Rajendra Nagar, District Raipur Chhattisgarh.
... Applicant. versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate, Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Applicant-accused : Mr. JK Gupta, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Ms. Sunita Mankpuri, Dy. GA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge
Order on Board 02.12.2025
1. The applicant/accused has filed the instant revision seeking quashment of impugned judgment of conviction and sentence.
2. Relevant facts for disposal of this revision is that present applicant had subjected his wife to cruelty for dowry, based upon which, FIR was registered against him before the concerned Police Station under Section 498-A of IPC by the complainant-wife.
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3. The applicant was prosecuted by the trial Court for commission of the offence punishable under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code. Against the order of trial Court dated 20.02.2018, applicant preferred an appeal before the First Appellate Court and learned Appellate Court vide its judgment dated 26.05.2018 maintained the sentence imposed upon the applicant, ie, RI for 06 months u/s 498-A of IPC and fine of Rs.1000/-, in default of payment of fine, additional RI for 01 month.
4. When the instant revision is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the applicant submits that during pendency of this revision, settlement have arrived between the applicant- accused (husband) and his wife (complainant) and their statements have also been recorded before the Additional Registrar (Judicial) of this Court. As per settlement between the parties, complainant-wife does not want any further action against her husband (applicant-accused herein) pursuant to FIR registered on her complaint. Hence, it is prayed that this revision may be disposed of in the terms of compromise.
5. Learned State Counsel do not dispute the submission with regard to compromise arrived between the parties and their statements recorded before Additional Registrar (J). He further pointed out that the petition (CRMP No.3595/2025) filed by the complainant-wife (Smt. Mamta Sahu) came to be allowed and
order/judgment dated 26.05.2018 passed by learned Session Judge, Raipur, (C.G.) in Criminal Appeal No.63/2018, arising
-3- out of judgment of conviction and sentence dated 20.02.2018, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raipur, C.G. in Criminal Case No. 396/2013 and Crime no.43/2010 registered against respondent no.2 (applicant-accused herein) under Section 498-A of IPC have already been quashed/set- aside by this Court on the terms of compromised between the parties.
6. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents placed on record.
7. Considering aforementioned facts of the case, submissions of counsel for respective parties, particularly the fact parties (accused applicant-husband and his wife complainant) have entered into the amicable settlement, their statements have also been recorded before the Additional Registrar (Judicial) of this Court and complainant-wife does not want any further action against her husband (applicant-accused herein) pursuant to FIR registered on her complaint, further considering that order impugned under challeged has already been set-aside/quashed, the instant revision stands disposed of. CC as per rules.
Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge J/-