Ziauddin Ahmad Khan @ Ziauddin Khan and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 inherent powers; quashing of charge-sheet and criminal proceedings on verified compromise; purely personal/matrimonial dispute; Sections 377, 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC; Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act (D.P. Act); charge-sheet no.01/2022 dated 16-12-2022; case no. 30344/2023; case crime no.212/2022; P.S. Saadatganj, District Lucknow; Judicial Magistrate (A.T.S), Lucknow; compromise dated 28-02-2025 verified 12.08.2025; A.G.A. concession; Gian Singh v. State of Punjab 2012 AIR SCW 5333; B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana (2003) 3 SCC 675; Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Rajeev Singh, J.; decided 05.12.2025.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the impugned charge-sheet no.01/2022 dated 16.12.2022 and the entire criminal proceedings of case no. 30344/2023 arising out of case crime no.212/2022 (under Sections 377, 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and section 3/4 D.P. Act against applicant no.1, and under Sections 498A, 504 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act against applicant no.2), P.S. Saadatganj, District Lucknow, pending before the Judicial Magistrate (A.T.S), Lucknow; Office directed to communicate the order to the learned trial Court forthwith.