Rajeev Ranjan Upadhyay v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Chief Justice's Court Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4265 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rajeev Ranjan Upadhyay Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sunil Kumar Upadhyay,Diwakar Tiwari,Gyanendra Singh,Santosh Ratan Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Pritinker Diwaker,Chief Justice Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State.

¶2The petitioner, by means of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is before this Court with a prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 16.02.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 61 of 2023 under Sections 420, 406 I.P.C. Police Station Kotwali, District Basti.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 20.04.2023 had referred the matter to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court. In compliance of the Court's order, settlement/agreement was arrived at between the parties on

15.09.2023. A copy of the same is on record. Perusal of the settlement/agreement, reveals that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and further agreed to withdraw all the cases pending between them. The said fact has been mentioned in Paragraph Nos. 6 & 7 of the settlement/agreement dated

15.09.2023.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the settlement/agreement arrived at between the parties on 15.09.2023 before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court, the proceedings in the aforesaid case are hereby quashed.

¶5The writ petition is accordingly allowed. Order Date :- 26.10.2023 Brijesh Maurya (Ajay Bhanot,J.) (Pritinker Diwaker,CJ.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad