Krishnakant Yadav and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:37651; Application U/S 528 BNSS No. 415 of 2025; Krishnakant Yadav; quashing of criminal proceedings on the basis of compromise; POCSO Case No.721 of 2024; Case Crime No.545 of 2024; Sections 74, 115(2), 352, 351(3) BNS; Section 7/8 POCSO Act; Sections 3(1)(da), 3(1)(dha), 3(2)(va) SC/ST Act; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Gian Singh v. State of Punjab 2012 AIR SCW 5333; verification of compromise by trial court; proceedings kept in abeyance for two months; liberty to file fresh quashing petition; summoning order dated 19.12.2024; charge sheet no.A445 of 2024 dated 22.09.2024; Special Judge POCSO Act Ambedkar Nagar; police station Kotwali Akbarpur; Om Prakash Shukla, J.; order date 3.7.2025.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of directing the parties to appear before the learned trial court for verification of the compromise dated 21.04.2025; trial court to verify the compromise in the parties' presence within one week and provide the verification report to the parties; impugned proceedings kept in abeyance for two months; liberty granted to the applicants to file a fresh quashing petition along with the verification report and the compromise; Office directed to return the original compromise to learned counsel for the applicant after keeping a photocopy on record.