Ankit Jain v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Chief Justice's Court Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8411 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ankit Jain Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Chandra Shekhar Kushwaha Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Ashok Kumar Singh Bais Hon'ble Pritinker Diwaker,Chief Justice Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,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 8.12.2022 registered as Case Crime No. 713 of 2022, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Saharanpur.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 31.5.2023 had referred the matter to the Mediation and Conciliation Center of this Court. In compliance of the Court's order, settlement/agreement was arrived at between the parties on

5.10.2023. 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

5.10.2023.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the settlement/agreement arrived at between the parties on 5.10.2023 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 RK (Ashutosh Srivastava, J) (Pritinker Diwaker, CJ) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad