Akash Kanojia and 9 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
S.482 CrPC / S.528 BNSS inherent power; quashing of criminal proceedings after court-verified compromise dated 10.03.2025 (verified 08.04.2025); summon order dated 20.02.2025; chargesheet 01/2023 dated 24.04.2023; Case Crime No. 0033/2023 dated 27.03.2023; offences under 498A, 323, 504, 406, 354, 420, 506, 313 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act; P.S. Mahila, Lucknow; F.T.C. (Crime against Women); applicant Akash Kanojia and 9 others; chances of ultimate conviction extremely bleak; reliance on Gian Singh, Ramgopal, B.S. Joshi, Laxmi Narayan, Bhajan Lal and allied Apex Court rulings; application allowed; proceedings quashed qua applicants.
What did the court decide?
Entire criminal proceedings arising out of the summon order dated 20.02.2025 of the Court of Civil Judge (J.D.)/F.T.C. (Crime against Women), Lucknow (chargesheet no. 01/2023 dated 24.04.2023; Case Crime No. 0033/2023 dated 27.03.2023, P.S. Mahila, Lucknow) quashed as far as related to the applicants; Office/Registry directed to send the copy of the order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance.