Pradeep Kumar v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Section 528 BNSS quashing application; section 138 N.I. Act cheque dishonour complaint; Section 147 N.I. Act compounding; Damodar S. Prabhu Vs. Syed Babalal (2010) 5 SCC 663; interim protection / no coercive action; summoning order dated 31.08.2022; Second Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division)/Judicial Magistrate Amroha; Police Station Didauli; District Amroha; Complaint Case No. 1425 of 2022 (Anwar Ali Vs. Pradeep); deadline 05.09.2025; automatic vacation of protection on default. Relevance: model of disposing a S.138-complaint quashing plea through a court-below compounding route with conditional interim immunity from coercive steps.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of: applicant to file compounding proceedings under Section 147 N.I. Act by 05.09.2025; court below to decide them with most expedition; no coercive action against the applicant till disposal of those proceedings; protection conditional on compliance and auto-vacating on default without reference to the Bench.