Smt. Hajra and 2 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another

Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 12488 of 2023 Applicant :- Smt. Hajra And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mukhtar Ahmad Khan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J.

¶1Vakalatnama filed by Shri Mohd. Imran Khan, Advocate on behalf of respondent no. 2 is taken on record.

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

¶3The present application has been filed with the prayer to quash the charge sheet dated 05.03.2012 as well as summoning order dated 30.08.2012 passed in Criminal Case No. 1954 of 2012 arising out of Case Crime No. 268 of 2011, under Sections 452, 323, 506 I.P.C., P.S. Saadatganj, District Lucknow as well as its entire proceedings.

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

14.12.2023 (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 applicants.

¶8Registry is directed to hand over the original copy of the compromise to the learned counsel for the applicants after taking photocopy of the same. Order Date :- 20.12.2023 VKS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench