Nitin Kumar Verma and 2 Others vs State of U.P. Thru. the Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:32155

Court No. - 14

Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4418 of 2025

Applicant :- Nitin Kumar Verma And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another

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Counsel for Applicant :- Arvind Kumar Verma,Suraj Kumar

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Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

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Sri Harish Kumar, Advocate has filed his vakalatnama on behalf of respondent no. 2, which is taken on record.

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Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for respondent no. 2, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.

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The present case has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C./528 of B.N.S.S. with the following main reliefs:-

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"Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.118091 of 2023; State Versus Nitin Kumar Verma and others, arising out of Case Crime No.223 of 2023, under sections-498-A, 323, 504, 342, 427 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, relating to the Police Station- Mandiyaon, District- Lucknow, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate-III, Lucknow, as well as impugned chargesheet dated 22.6.2023, submitted by the Investigating Officer against the petitioner no.1, under sections- 498-A, 323, 504, 342, 427 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, and petitioners no.2 and 3, under sections- 498-A, 323, 504, 342 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, in aforesaid case crime number, as contained in Annexure no.1 to the instant petition, in the light of compromise, attained between the parties, in the interest of law and justice."

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Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise dated 6.11.2024 (annexure no. 5) entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 31.1.2025 (annexure no. 6) in pursuance of the order of this Court dated 10.1.2025 (annexure-4) passed in the present case.

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Learned Counsel for the respondent no. 2 has submitted that she has no grudge or grievance against the present applicants now.

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It appears that after considering the averments made in the present case and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the

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applicants, this Court vide order dated 10.1.2025 (annexure no. 4) referred the matter to the concerned court for the purpose of verification of the compromise entered into between the parties.

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It appears from the order dated 31.1.2025 (Annexure No. 6) that the trial court has verified the compromise.

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Considering the aforesaid as also the submissions made by learned Counsel for the parties as also the observations made by Apex Court in the case of State of Karnataka Vs. L. Muniswamy and Others, 1977 (2) SCC 699; State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal and Others, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335; Prashant Bharti Vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2013) 9 SCC 293; Rajiv Thapar and Ors. Vs. Madan Lal Kapoor, (2013) 3 SCC 330; Ahmad Ali Quraishi and Ors. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. (2020) 13 SCC 435, according to which inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (akin to Section 528 BNSS, 2023) could be exercised to prevent abuse of process of any Court or otherwise to secure ends of justice, as also the observations made by Apex Court in the case of Ramgopal and others Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2022) 14 SCC 531, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab [2012 10 SCC 303], Mohd. Ibrahim Vs. State of U.P., 2022 SCC Online ALL 106, Gold Quest International Ltd. Vs. State of Tamilnadu, 2014 (15) SCC 235, B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana, 2003 (4) SCC 675, Jitendra Raghuvanshi Vs. Babita Raghuvanshi, 2013(4) SCC 58, Madhavarao Jiwajirao Scindia Vs. Sambhajirao Chandrojirao Angre, 1988 1 SCC 692, Nikhil Merchant Vs. C.B.I. and another, 2008(9) SCC 677, Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, 2008(16) SCC 1, State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, 2019(5) SCC 688, Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Manoj Kumar and others Vs. State of U.P and others (2008) 8 SCC 781, Union Carbide Corporation and others Vs. Union of India and others (1991) 4 SCC 584, Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Principal Secretary and others (2014) 2 SCC 532 and Supreme Court Bar Association Vs. Union of India (1998) 4 SCC 409 , according to which, in given facts, based upon the settlement between the parties the criminal proceedings can be quashed,as also the nature of dispute/crime, this Court is of the view that the present application is liable to be allowed as chances of ultimate conviction are extremely bleak and hence no useful

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purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue.

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Accordingly, present application is allowed . Consequently, the entire proceedings, quoted above, are hereby quashed as far as it is related to the the applicants.

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Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance.

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Order Date :- 28.5.2025 AKK

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Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench

Nitin Kumar Verma and 2 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. the Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another

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