Aadil Ayub Khan and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. of Home,Lko. and 3 Others
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Quashing of FIR on matrimonial settlement — Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10050 of 2024, Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), allowed 20.11.2025 (Rajiv Gupta J. & Pramod Kumar Srivastava J.). FIR dated 09.12.2024, Case Crime No. 0078 of 2024, Ss. 498A/323/504 IPC & S. 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Mahila Thana Hazratganj, District Lucknow, quashed in entirety following settlement agreement dated 23.04.2025 reached through court-referred mediation (order dated 20.01.2025, Mediation and Conciliation Centre); parties to live separately; Rs. 5,00,000/- paid by petitioner no.1 to respondent no.4 in full satisfaction of her claims via two IDFC Bank drafts (Rs. 2,50,000/- each, dated 10.03.2025 and 20.03.2025). Reliance on Supreme Court precedent permitting compromise/quashing even in cognizable and non-compoundable offences: B.S. Joshi (2003) 4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant (2008) 9 SCC 677; Manoj Sharma (2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh (2012) 10 SCC 303; Narindra Singh (2014) 6 SCC 466; referred: Shaifullah v. State of U.P., 2013 (83) ACC 278 (Allahabad HC). Keywords: quashing FIR, matrimonial discord, settlement/compromise, mediation, dowry, 498A, writ petition allowed.