Ketan Singh and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashing on compromise; matrimonial-type criminal case, Case Crime No. 125 of 2023, P.S. Chowk, District Lucknow; Sections 498A, 323, 354, 506 IPC; Sections 3/4 D.P. Act; charge sheet No.1/2024 dated 10.02.2024; summoning order dated 01.03.2024 by ACJM (C.B.I./ Ayodhya Prakran), Lucknow; compromise verified by trial court order dated 23.12.2025; direction dated 09.12.2025; Gian Singh v. State of Punjab 2012 AIR SCW 5333; B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana (2003) 3 SCC 675; Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466; inherent powers; real and substantial justice; purely personal nature dispute; Ketan Singh v. State of U.P.; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Brij Raj Singh, J.; decided 28 January 2026.
What did the court decide?
Entire proceedings arising out of Charge sheet No.1/2024 dated 10.02.2024 in Case Crime No.- 125 of 2023 (Sections 498A, 323, 354, 506 IPC and Sections 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Chowk, District Lucknow) and the summoning order dated 01.03.2024 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (C.B.I./ Ayodhya Prakran), Lucknow, together with further proceedings arising therefrom, quashed in respect of the applicants.