Ravi Mohan Shukla v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9864 of 2023 Applicant :- Ravi Mohan Shukla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Deepak Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J.

¶1Vakalatnama filed by Shri Prabhat Pankaj Tripathi and Shri Buddh Sagar Mishra, Advocates on behalf of respondent no. 4 is taken on record.

¶2Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 4 and perused the record.

¶3The present application has been filed with the prayer to quash the charge sheet dated 16.08.2021, as well as cognizance order dated 31.10.2022 passed in Case No. 95246 of 2022 (State vs. Ravi Mohan Shukla) arising out of F.I.R. No. 538 of 2021, under Sections 332, 353, 427, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S. Chinhat, District Lucknow and its entire proceedings.

¶4Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and a compromise has been arrived between them dated

14.09.2023 (Original copy of the same is appended as Annexure No. 4 to the application).

¶5Whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the court below, before which, the case is pending. Therefore, the compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the court below itself.

¶6Accordingly, the application is disposed of with direction to the court concerned that if any such compromise is filed before it, it shall issue notice to all its signatories requiring their personal presence and, thereafter, proceed to verify the compromise. If the aforesaid compromise is verified, a report to that effect shall be prepared by the court and the compromise will be made part of the record. The court in that scenario will allow the parties to obtain certified copy of the report as well as compromise and it will be open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings.

¶7For a period of two weeks, no coercive action shall be taken against the present applicant.

¶8Registry is directed to hand over the original copy of the compromise to the learned counsel for the applicant after taking photocopy of the same. Order Date :- 7.12.2023 VKS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench