Anshul Verma @ Ashish Verma and Another Vs State of U.P… — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

Anshul Verma @ Ashish Verma and Another Vs State of U.P… — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application disposed of with directions: applicants and opposite party No. 2 to appear before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; Trial Court to verify the compromise, record parties' statements on fulfilment of its terms, and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law preferably within three months; no coercive action against the applicants till verification of the compromise; liberty to approach the High Court again for quashing after verification.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire proceeding of Complaint Case No. 428 of 2018 under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act and the summoning order dated 15.12.2018 should be quashed in view of the alleged amicable settlement between the parties vide compromise dated 06.01.2026.

Court's answer

Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the applicants and opposite party No. 2 are directed to appear before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; the Court concerned is expected to fix a date for verification of the compromise, ensure presence of the parties, give opportunity of hearing to both sides, record their statements on fulfilment of the terms of the original compromise deed, and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within three months from production of the certified copy, if there is no other legal impediment.

Ratio / Principle

It will be open to the applicants, after obtaining certified copy of the verification report and the compromise, to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings.

Key takeaways

Till verification of the compromise between the parties by the Court concerned, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case.ratio¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Nand Prabha Shukla, J.) disposed of APPLICATION U/S 482 No. 33683 of 2019, an application under Section 528 BNSS seeking quashing of the entire proceeding of Complaint Case No. 428 of 2018 (Vandana Soni v. Anshul Verma @ Ashish Verma and another) under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Kotwali, District-Fatehpur, and the summoning order dated 15.12.2018 of the ACJM/Court No. 11, Fatehpur. Learned counsel for the applicants stated the parties had amicably settled their disputes vide compromise dated 06.01.2026; learned A.G.A. submitted that the Trial Court should verify the compromise. Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court directed the parties to appear before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; the Trial Court to verify the compromise after ensuring the parties' presence, record their statements on fulfilment of the terms of the compromise deed, and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within three months. Till such verification, no coercive action was to be taken against the applicants, with liberty to approach the High Court again for quashing after obtaining the verification report and compromise.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 33683 of 2019

Anshul Verma @ Ashish Verma And Another

.....Applicant(s)

		Versus
State of U.P. and Another		.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: :	Qazi Vakil Ahmad G.A., Ramesh Chandra Gupta 2, Shazia Parveen

Court No. - 78

HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J.

Heard Mr. Qazi Vakil Ahmad, learned counsel for the applicants, Ms. Shazia Parveen, learned counsel for the opposite party No.2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

The present application under Section 528 BNSS has been filed with a prayer to allow this application and quash the entire proceeding of Complaint Case No. 428 of 2018 (Vandana Soni v. Anshul Verma @ Ashish Verma and another) under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Kotwali, District-Fatehpur as well as summoning order dated 15.12.2018 passed by learned Court of ACJM/Court No. 11, Fatehpur.

Learned counsel for the applicants submit that the parties have amicably settled their disputes vide compromise dated 06.01.2026, which has been placed as "Annexure No.-1" to the supplementary affidavit. Therefore, no useful purpose would be served in continuing the proceedings before the Court concerned and the same is not only sheer wastage of time of the Court but also abuse of process of law.

Learned A.G.A., however, submits that it is the Trial Court, which has to verify the fact as to whether the parties have entered into compromise, hence the applicants may approach the concerned Court and move an application with respect to compromise between the parties, which will be decided in accordance with law.

A482 No. 33683 of 2019

2

In view of above, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the applicants and opposite party No. 2 are directed to appear before the Trial Court along with compromise deed as well certified copy of this order within three weeks from today. It is expected that Court concerned may fix a date for the verification of the compromise and after ensuring the presence of the parties, pass an appropriate order with respect to the same in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, after giving opportunity of hearing to both the parties, preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no other legal impediment. While passing the order verifying the compromise, the Court concerned shall also record the statements of the parties as to whether all the terms and conditions mentioned in the original compromise deed, so filed, have been fulfilled or not.

The Court in that scenario will allow the parties to obtain certified copy of the report as well as compromise and it will be open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings.

Till verification of compromise between the parties by the Court concerned, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case.

With the aforesaid directions, this application is disposed of .

(Nand Prabha Shukla,J.)

May 12, 2026 Aditya Tripathi

Digitally signed by :- ADITYA TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad