Sudhir Mishra @ Sudhir Kumar Mishra v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of charge-sheet dated 23.10.2014 in Case Crime No. 503/2013 (Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C.; Section 3/4 DP Act; P.S. Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow) and summoning order dated 06.01.2015 of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VI, Lucknow, sought on the basis of an amicable compromise between the parties; High Court (Lucknow Bench, Rajeev Singh, J., 21.11.2024, Neutral Citation 2024:AHC-LKO:77107) disposes of the application, directing trial-court verification of the compromise with notices to signatories, preparation of a report, certified copies, and liberty to renew the quashing petition, with a one-month bar on coercive action. Keywords: compromise verification, 498A, charge-sheet quashing, summoning order, coercive action, interim protection.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with directions to the trial court: if the compromise is filed before it, issue notices to all signatories requiring personal presence and verify the compromise; on verification, prepare a report, make the compromise part of the record, and allow the parties certified copies of the report and compromise; the applicant may then approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings. No coercive action against the applicant for one month. Office directed to return the original compromise deed to the applicant's counsel after taking a photocopy.