Smt. Hema and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR — settlement/compromise between parties — compromise deed dated 03.03.2025 — non-compoundable offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, 504 IPC — verification of compromise before Investigating Officer and jurisdictional Magistrate — Magistrate's report to High Court — interim restraint on coercive action — police report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. not filed — reliance on B.S. Joshi, Nikhil Merchant, Gian Singh, Yogendra Yadav, Narendra Singh — P.S. Highway, District Mathura — further listing 27.03.2025 — Allahabad High Court, Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 4849 of 2025, decided 17.3.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief and verification directions: parties to appear before the Investigating Officer within a week for verification of the settlement/compromise; Investigating Officer to produce the parties before the concerned jurisdictional Magistrate for verification; Magistrate to record the parties' statements on fulfilment of the compromise terms and submit a report to the High Court on or before the next date; respondents restrained from taking coercive action against the petitioners in pursuance of the impugned FIR till the next date; matter to be put up again as fresh on 27.03.2025. Final decision on quashing deferred.