Shalini Chaudhary Thru. Her Husband Ravi Prakash Sharma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home, Lucknow and Another

Court No. - 8 Case :- HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 213 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shalini Chaudhary Thru. Her Husband Ravi Prakash Sharma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home, Lucknow And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Deepak Kumar Pandey,Paritosh Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Kuldeep Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Paritosh Shukla, learned counsel and Shri Deepak Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Kuldeep Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents and learned A.G.A. for the State. The corpus-Ms.Shalini Chaudhary is present before the Court. The corpus-Ms.Shalini Chaudhari has stated that she does not wish to stay with her next friend and husband-Ravi Prakash Sharma/deponent. She is voluntarily residing with her father. In this wake the habeas corpus petition is liable to be dismissed. However, learned counsel for both the parties have decided to resolve their disputes amicably through mediation under the aegis of the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Lucknow Bench, Lucknow. The prayer made by both the parties is that the matter be referred for mediation subject to the conditions to be imposed by this Court. The matter is referred to the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Lucknow Bench, Lucknow, to attempt to bring about conciliation between the parties through the process of mediation. The following directions shall be executed by the respective parties:

¶1The husband-Ravi Prakash Sharma is directed to deposit a sum of Rs.15,000/- before the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Lucknow Bench, Lucknow within a period of four weeks.

¶2Rs.10,000/- shall be released in favour of the wife-Ms.Shalini Chaudhari while Rs. 5,000/- shall be retained by the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Lucknow Bench, Lucknow. The amount shall be disbursed to Ms.Shalini Chaudhari immediately upon her appearance before the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Lucknow Bench, Lucknow.

¶3The Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Lucknow Bench, Lucknow shall fix the first date for mediation in the month of December, 2023 and issue notices to the parties accordingly.

¶4The proceedings shall be concluded within a further period of four months from the date of initiation of the mediation proceedings in December, 2023. Subject to above directions, the habeas corpus petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 7.8.2023 Ashish Tripathi High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench