Narendra Narayan Singh and 5 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. and Another

Court No. - 11 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 11432 of 2023 Applicant :- Narendra Narayan Singh And 5 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Adarsh Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Smt. Nishi Srivastava, Advocate, and Shri Piyush Kumar Srivastava, Advocate, has filed their vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party No.2 , which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. Instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the applicants for quashing summoning order dated

24.07.2023 passed by Special A.C.J.M. C.B.I, (A.P.) Lucknow in Case No. 83822 of 2023, (State v. Narendra Singh and Another) arising out of Case Crime No.28/2023, under Section 498-A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station-Naka Hindola, District-Lucknow, including the Charge Sheet No. 02/2023 dated 08.07.2023 and Charge Sheet No.01/2023 dated 11.04.2023 and further to stay the criminal proceedings of Criminal Case No.28/2023, (State vs. Narendra Narayan Singh and another). Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that both the parties have amicably settled their dispute outside the Court and have entered into a compromise and a copy of compromise deed, duly signed by the parties, is annexed as Annexure No. 4 to the present application. As such, keeping in view the settlement arrived at between the parties and the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in this regard, the proceedings impugned are liable to be quashed. Whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the Trial Court as such compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the Court. Considering the aforesaid, this application is disposed of finally in following terms:-

(i) The parties to the proceedings i.e. Case No. 83822 of 2023, (State v. Narendra Singh and Another), shall appear and file the compromise before the concerned Court within two week's from today.

(ii) If the parties appear before the concerned Court in terms of above, the concerned Court shall proceed to verify the compromise between the parties to the proceedings and prepare a report to the same effect and the original compromise deed be made part of record.

(iii) The concerned Court shall conclude the process of verification of compromise within two week's from the date of production of copy of this order.

(iv) The concerned Court shall permit the parties to the proceedings to obtain the certified copy of the report as well as compromise deed.

(v) It shall be open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings.

(vi) For a period of six weeks, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case. Order Date :- 22.11.2023/Raj High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench