Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Saurabh Srivastava, J.), Application U/S 528 BNSS No. 31139 of 2025, Aryan v. State of U.P. and 3 others, decided September 15, 2025: quashing of entire proceedings of Special Case no. 1070 of 2020 (Amit vs. Aryan) arising out of Case Crime no. 0119 of 2020 under sections 377, 506 IPC and 3/4 POCSO Act, PS Nakur, District Saharanpur, and of non-bailable warrant dated 11.07.2025, on the basis of successful court-annexed mediation and settlement, confined to the applicant; relied on Gian Singh v. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303, Shiji v. Radhika MANU/SC/1341/2011, Manoj Sharma v. State of U.P. (2008) 16 SCC 1; keywords: Section 528 BNSS, quashing, NBW, POCSO, IPC 377/506, mediation settlement, Saharanpur.
What did the court decide?
The applicant's prayer was granted: the entire proceedings of Special Case no. 1070 of 2020 (Amit vs. Aryan) arising out of Case Crime no. 0119 of 2020 under sections 377, 506 IPC and 3/4 POCSO Act, PS Nakur, District Saharanpur, pending before the Additional District Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act), Court no. 13, Saharanpur, along with the non-bailable warrant dated 11.07.2025, were quashed and set aside, only in respect of the applicant; the application under Section 528 BNSS was finally disposed of.