Shanti Devi and Another v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Application u/s 528 BNSS No. 13075 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Vikas Budhwar J., decided 21.4.2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:58328). Applicants Shanti Devi and another sought quashing of Summoning Order dated 28.11.2024 of ACJM/Civil Judge (Senior Division)/FTC, Chitrakoot; opposite parties State of U.P. and another (counsel: Kranti Kiran Pandey for applicants; G.A. and A.G.A. Bhuwal Vishwakarma for State). Disposed of, not decided on merits, with liberty to seek compounding under S.147 N.I. Act before the court below, strictly in terms of Damodar S Prabhu Vs Sayed Babalal, AIR 2010 SC 1907; learned A.G.A. had no objection.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with liberty to the applicant to prefer an appropriate proceeding for compounding under Section 147 of N.I. Act before the court concerned, any such proceeding to be decided subject to legal impediment strictly in terms of the judgment in Damodar S Prabhu Vs Sayed Babalal (AIR 2010 SC 1907).