Mohd. Shuaib and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Section 482 CrPC; inherent powers; quashing of FIR and criminal proceedings on compromise/sulahnama; purely personal/private dispute settled through elders; compromise deed dated 29.05.2025; FIR No. 144 of 2024; Sections 325/504/506 IPC; district Lucknow (police station name garbled in source); charge-sheet No. 01 of 2024 dated 22.05.2024; cognizance and summons order dated 25.11.2024; Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court No. 24, Lucknow; Criminal Case No. 113822 of 2024; reliance on (2003) 4 SCC 675; (2008) 9 SCC 677; (2008) 16 SCC 1; (2010) 15 SCC 118; (2014) 6 SCC 466; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; decided 24.7.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:42550.
What did the court decide?
Application under Section 482 CrPC allowed; the entire criminal proceedings against the applicants arising out of FIR No. 144 of 2024 under Sections 325, 504, 506 IPC (charge-sheet No. 01 of 2024 dated 22.05.2024; cognizance order dated 25.11.2024 by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 24, Lucknow in Criminal Case No. 113822 of 2024) stand quashed in view of the compromise dated 29.05.2025 between the parties.