Naseer Ahmad Khan and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Chief Justice's Court Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4547 of 2023 Petitioner :- Naseer Ahmad Khan And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Mani Tripathi,Devashish Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Rakesh Kumar Maurya,Shweta Singh Hon'ble Pritinker Diwaker,Chief Justice Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J.

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

¶2The petitioners, by means of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, are before this Court with a prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 19.1.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 054 of 2023, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 307, 341 IPC, Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and 3/4 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage Act) P.S. Tajganj, Distt. Agra.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that this Court vide order dated 24.03.2023 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

10.10.2023. 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. 7 & 8 of the settlement/agreement dated

10.10.2023.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the settlement/agreement arrived at between the parties on 10.10.2023 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 :- 17.11.2023 SK (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) (Pritinker Diwaker,CJ.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad