Jawahir Gupta @ Jawahar Lal @ Jawahar Lal Gupta and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Rajeev Singh, J., Application U/S 482 No. 9198 of 2025, decided 31.10.2025 — Jawahir Gupta @ Jawahar Lal @ Jawahar Lal Gupta and 3 others v. State of U.P. and 2 others. Quashing of Sessions Trial No. 165 of 2016 / charge-sheet No. 101/16 dated 25.02.2016 under IPC Sections 147, 323 & 308 (Case Crime No. 68 of 2016, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, Faizabad/Ayodhya) sought on basis of compromise; disposed of with directions for trial-court verification of compromise in presence of signatories, report preparation, liberty to re-approach High Court for quashing, one-month bar on coercive action, and return of original compromise deed. Keywords: compromise, amicable settlement, verification by trial court, quashing application, coercive action, interim protection.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with directions to the trial court to issue notices to the compromise signatories and verify the compromise, and on verification to prepare a report making the compromise part of the record; applicants may then seek certified copies and re-approach this Court for quashing; interim protection — no coercive action against applicants for one month; Office to return the original compromise deed to the applicants' counsel after taking a photocopy.