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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 33395 of 2025 Court No. - 79 HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.
1. On the request of learned counsel for applicants, this matter is being taken up out of turn considering the urgency. Heard learned counsel for parties. 2. The present application has been filed to quash the charge-sheet dated 28.12.2024, cognizance/summoning order dated 14.07.2025 and the entire proceedings of Case No.10944 of 2025 (State vs. Aslam and others) arising out of Case Crime No.12 of 2024, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC, and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Mahila Thana, District Mau, pending in the Court of Civil Judge (junior Division)/FTC (Crime Against Women), Mau. 3. Learned counsel for applicants submits that on the request of applicants, the matter was referred to Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and by the efforts of mediators, the mediation has been successful and it has been stipulated by the parties that they will withdraw all the pending cases filed against each other including the case connected with the instant petition and all the disputes have been settled in terms of the agreement. 4. It is also stipulated that the case filed by either parties against each other, shall be deemed to have been decided in the light of present settlement. The parties are not having any further claims or demands against each other and all the disputes and differences in this regard, have been amicably settled by the parties. 5. Highlighting the report of Mediation Centre which has been placed on record, it is submitted that proceedings of the instant case pending before Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohan Kumar Singh, Shailesh Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aslam And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
learned concerned court, shall also be quashed. 6. Learned counsel for opposite parties did not dispute the fact that mediation has been successful. 7. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the record, it is evident that with regard to the above mentioned case pending before learned court concerned in shape of Case Crime no.12 of 2024, the instant application was moved by the applicants. However, the matter was referred to Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and the efforts of the mediator has resulted in amicable settlement between the parties.
A settlement has been placed before this Court by the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Allahabad High Court (appended to the order sheet) wherein the terms and conditions of the settlement has been enumerated and it is categorically stated that the parties have settled the dispute and they do not want to prosecute each other and thus the prayer has been made by
learned counsel for the applicants to quash the proceedings pending before learned court concerned.
8. Since the mediation has been successful and report has been sent along with original settlement executed between the parties, thus in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab reported in (2012)10 SCC 303, Shiji and others Vs. Radhika and others Manu/ SC/1341/2011, Manoj Sharma Vs. State of U.P. (2008)16 SCC1,quash the charge-sheet dated 28.12.2024, cognizance/summoning
order dated 14.07.2025 and the entire proceedings of Case No.10944 of 2025 (State vs. Aslam and others) arising out of Case Crime No.12 of 2024, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC, and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Mahila Thana, District Mau, pending in the Court of Civil Judge (junior Division)/FTC (Crime Against Women), Mau, are hereby quashed and set aside, only in respect of applicants herein.
9. The settlement report of the Medication and Conciliation Centre shall be part and parcel of this order.
10. Accordingly, the application filed by the applicant under Section 528 BNSS is finally disposed of. September 29, 2026 Ashish/- NA528 No. 33395 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad