Om Prakash @ Om Prakash Sahu and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 application for quashing criminal proceedings on the basis of out-of-court compromise; matrimonial dispute under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; case crime no.35 of 2022; criminal case no.607081 of 2022; Police Station Kotwali Jarwa, District Balrampur; summoning order dated 12.09.2022 by Judicial Magistrate-II, Balrampur; verification of compromise by Trial Court in presence of parties; report by concerned Court; liberty to re-approach High Court for quashing; eight weeks' bar on coercive action; applicants Om Prakash @ Om Prakash Sahu and another; opposite parties State of U.P. and others; counsel Mohd.Mateen, G.A., Iqbal Ahmad; Hon'ble Saral Srivastava, J.; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; order dated 18.4.2025; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:22167.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of finally without itself quashing the proceedings: parties directed to appear and file the compromise before the concerned Court within four weeks; concerned Court to verify the compromise and report within two weeks of production of the order; certified copies of report and compromise deed to be made available; liberty reserved to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing; Office to hand over the original compromise to the applicants' counsel; and no coercive action against the applicants for eight weeks.