Sadre Alam and 5 Others v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Section 528 BNSS; quashing of charge-sheet and cognizance/summoning order; Charge-sheet No. A54 of 2025; Criminal Case No. 12237 of 2025; Case Crime No. 0015 of 2025; Sections 85, 352, 351(2) BNS; Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; P.S. Bhitauli, District Maharajganj; purely matrimonial dispute; reference to Mediation & Conciliation Centre, Allahabad High Court; deposit of Rs. 55,000/- with staggered payments to wife/opposite party no.2; mediation cost Rs. 5,000/-; report within three months; interim protection from coercive action; automatic vacation of protection and dismissal of application on non-deposit; listing 06.02.2026 daily cause list; Anish Kumar Gupta, J.; decided October 13, 2025; no precedent cited; interlocutory order.
What did the court decide?
Matter referred to the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, Allahabad High Court, for amicable settlement of the matrimonial dispute; interim protection that no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants till the next date of listing (06.02.2026), conditional upon deposit of Rs. 55,000/- within two weeks; on default of deposit the protection automatically stands vacated and the application under Section 528 BNSS stands dismissed without further reference; mediation report due within three months; case listed on 06.02.2026 in the daily cause list. The quashing question itself was not decided on merits.