Bajrangi Kumar Mishra @ Rahul v. State of U.P. Thru. the Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing application under Section 482 CrPC — interim stay of summoning order and charge-sheet — Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act — Crime No. 914 of 2018, P.S. P.G.I., District Lucknow — Case No. 33231 of 2023 before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow — charge-sheet dated 23.06.2019 challenged as mechanically filed — plea that marriage between applicant and complainant never solemnized, no bidai performed — complainant/respondent no.2 a widow with son aged about 19 years from first marriage — Investigating Officer failed to consider pleaded facts — counter affidavit directed — impugned proceedings stayed till further orders — case listed 10.11.2025 — Rajeev Singh, J. — High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench — decided 15.10.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief only: the impugned summoning order dated 06.04.2023, the charge-sheet dated 23.06.2019 and the entire proceedings of Case No. 33231 of 2023 are stayed until further orders; the private respondent is directed to file a counter affidavit in the meantime; final consideration deferred, case listed on 10.11.2025.