Vijay Kumar Pandey and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Saurabh Lavania, J.), Application U/S 482 No. 7258 of 2024, decided 20.8.2024. Quashing of criminal proceedings of Criminal Case No. 4165 of 2018 (Case Crime No. 575 of 2017; Sections 504, 452, 308 IPC; P.S. Mahrajganj, District Faizabad now Ayodhya) and Charge Sheet No. 01/2018 dated 02.01.2018 sought on basis of compromise between parties; genuineness of compromise directed to be verified by the Trial Court in presence of parties; directions to file and verify compromise within fixed timelines; interim protection - no coercive action for eight weeks; liberty to renew quashing application. Keywords: Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Section 528 BNSS; quashing on compromise; verification of compromise by trial court; no coercive action.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of finally with directions: parties to file the compromise before the concerned Court within two weeks; concerned Court to verify the compromise, prepare a report and conclude verification within two weeks of production of the order; certified copies of the report and compromise deed to be furnished; liberty to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing; original compromise, if any, to be provided to the applicants' counsel; and no coercive action against the applicants for a period of eight weeks.