Bramhadutt and 3 Others vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Bramhadutt and 3 Others vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application disposed of with directions to the trial court to verify the compromise in the presence of its signatories after notice, prepare a report and make the compromise part of the record; proceedings stayed for three months qua the applicants; liberty to the applicants to approach the Court again with certified copy of the report and compromise; office to return the original compromise deed to counsel after taking photocopy.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire criminal proceeding in Criminal Case No. 417 of 2026 (State v. Hari Krishna and others), arising out of N.C.R. No. 59 of 2023 under Sections 323/504 IPC, P.S. Sangrampur, District Amethi, pending before the Civil Judge (Avar Khand), Room No. 27, Sultanpur, should be quashed on the ground that the parties have amicably compromised their dispute.

Court's answer

Whether the parties have in fact compromised the matter can best be ascertained by the court below, as the compromise has to be duly verified in the presence of the parties concerned before the Court.

Ratio / Principle

Application disposed of with a direction that if the compromise is filed before the court concerned, it shall issue notices to all signatories to the compromise requiring their personal presence and thereafter verify the compromise; if verified, a report shall be prepared and the compromise made part of the record.

Key takeaways

The parties will be allowed to obtain certified copy of the verification report and the compromise, and it will be open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings.ratio¶20
For a period of three months, the proceedings in Criminal Case No. 417 of 2026 (arising out of N.C.R. No. 59 of 2023, P.S. Sangrampur, District Amethi) shall remain stayed so far as the applicants are concerned.ratio¶21
Trial court directed to examine whether all parties against whom the charge-sheet was filed are parties to the compromise, and to send a report along with the verification order.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing of criminal proceedings on the basis of compromise — S.482 application disposed of with liberty — Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) declined to quash Criminal Case No. 417 of 2026 (Sections 323/504 IPC, P.S. Sangrampur, District Amethi) outright on the strength of a compromise deed dated 13.04.2026; held that whether the parties have in fact compromised can best be ascertained by the court below, where the compromise must be verified in the presence of the parties. Trial court directed to issue notices to all signatories, verify the compromise, examine whether all charge-sheeted persons are parties thereto, and send a report with the verification order. Proceedings stayed for three months qua the applicants; liberty granted to approach the Court again with certified copy of the report and compromise. (Shree Prakash Singh, J.)

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3739 of 2026

Bramhadutt And 3 Others

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ambika Prasad Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Shraddha Tripathi

Court No. - 16

HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.

Sri Shraddha Tripathi, Advocate, has put in appearance by way of filing vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 2 and the same is taken on record.

Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

The instant application has been filed with the prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding of criminal case No.417 of 2026, State Vs Hari Krishna and others arising out of N.C.R. No. 59 of 2023 U/-s 323, 504 I.P.C. Police Station-Sangrampur, District-Amethi, pending in the court of Civil Judge (Avar Khand), Room No.27, Sultanpur.

Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that the applicants are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the instant case. He next added that under some misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. has been lodged against the applicants and thereafter, the parties have amicably compromised their dispute. The compromise deed has been reduced in writing on 13.04.2026, which has been annexed as annexure no.7 to the instant application. He next added that now there is no grievance in between the parties with each other and the criminal proceedings against the applicants are the futile exercise as there is no fate of trial and that is amount to harassment of the applicants and thus, the criminal proceedings against the

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applicants may be quashed.

On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties has supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that the parties have settled their dispute amicably through a compromise deed and there is no further grievance of the opposite parties against the present applicants and the criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped.

Learned A.G.A. appearing for the State has no objection to the contentions aforesaid.

Now whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the court below as such compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the Court.

Accordingly, this application is disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that if any such compromise is filed before it, it shall issue notices to all the signatories to the compromise requiring their personal presence and, thereafter, proceed to verify the compromise. If the aforesaid compromise is verified, a report to that effect shall be prepared by the court and the compromise will be made part of the record.

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.

For a period of three months, the proceedings initiated in pursuance of the criminal case No.417 of 2026, State Vs Hari Krishna and others arising out of N.C.R. No. 59 of 2023 U/-s 323, 504 I.P.C. Police StationSangrampur, District-Amethi, pending in the court of Civil Judge (Avar Khand), Room No.27, Sultanpur, shall remain stayed so far as applicants are concerned.

The trial Court is directed to examine the fact that whether all the parties against whom the charge-sheet was filed, the party in the compromise and in this respect, it shall also sent a report along with the verification order.

Office is directed to return the original compromise deed to the learned

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counsel for the applicants, if any, after taking the photocopy of the same.

(Shree Prakash Singh,J.)

May 4, 2026

V. Sinha

Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench