Deepak Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; Application U/S 482 No. 6462 of 2024; decided 08.05.2025 by Justice Om Prakash Shukla; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:27158. Applicant Deepak Singh sought quashing of summoning order dated 03.05.2024 (Special Chief Judicial Magistrate (Custom), Lucknow), chargesheet dated 14.03.2024 and entire proceedings in Criminal Case No. 42467/2024 arising out of Case Crime No. 102/2024 under Sections 376 and 313 I.P.C., P.S. Ghazipur, District Lucknow, following compromise deed dated 07.01.2025; Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab, 2012 AIR SCW 5333 relied upon; application disposed of under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (now Section 528 BNSS, 2023) with directions for trial-court verification of the compromise within one week, proceedings held in abeyance for two months, and liberty to file a fresh quashing petition with the verification report.
What did the court decide?
No immediate quashing. Application disposed of: parties directed to appear before the learned trial court for verification of the compromise dated 07.01.2025 (verification within one week, with verification report to be provided to the parties); impugned proceedings kept in abeyance for two months; applicant free to re-approach this Court for quashing through a fresh petition with the verification report and the compromise; office directed to return the original compromise to the applicant's counsel after retaining a photocopy.