Vikas Chauhan and 10 Others v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing application under S. 528 BNSS (Allahabad HC, Vikram D. Chauhan, J., 09.09.2025) for matrimonial-dispute prosecution: Sections 498A, 323, 504 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, Case Crime No. 557 of 2024, PS Pilkhuwa, District Hapur; Criminal Case No. 10666 of 2025 before CJM Hapur; charge sheet dated 29.01.2025; summoning order dated 17.07.2025; referral to Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Allahabad High Court with conditional deposit Rs.25,000/- and Rs.20,000/- expenses to opposite party no.2; interim suspension of coercive action; deletion of Section 506 IPC from prayer clause; applicants Vikas Chauhan and 10 others; counsel Deepak Rana; G.A. for State; decision deferred to listing week commencing 5.1.2026.
What did the court decide?
Interlocutory directions only: prayer-clause amendment permitted; conditional referral of the case to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Allahabad High Court subject to deposit of Rs. 25,000/- within three weeks (Rs. 20,000/- thereof to opposite party no.2 as expenses); notice to opposite party no.2 returnable in two weeks; interim bar on coercive action till the next listing in the week commencing 5.1.2026, failing compliance coercive measures to follow. Final decision on quashing deferred.