Vinay Verma and 3 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

Vinay Verma and 3 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application disposed of with directions: parties to appear in person before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; Trial Court to verify the compromise, record statements of the parties on fulfilment of its terms, and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within three months; certified copy of the report and compromise to be made available, with liberty to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing; no coercive action against the applicants till verification of the compromise

Issue for consideration

Whether the charge sheet No. 153 of 2024 dated 26.09.2024, cognizance order dated 15.01.2025 and entire proceedings of Case Crime No. 162 of 2024 should be quashed under Section 528 BNSS in view of the compromise dated 10.11.2025 between the parties

Court's answer

The Court expressly refrained from expressing any opinion on the merits of the case while disposing of the application with directions

Ratio / Principle

Both parties were directed to appear in person before the Trial Court along with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; the Court concerned was expected to fix a date for verification of the compromise, ensure the presence of the parties, record the statements of the parties as to whether all terms and conditions of the original compromise deed had been fulfilled, and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within three months from production of the certified copy, if there is no other legal impediment

Key takeaways

The parties were to be allowed to obtain certified copy of the verification report and the compromise, and it was left open to the applicants to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedingsratio¶16
Interim protection: till verification of the compromise between the parties by the Court concerned, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid caseratio¶17

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Nand Prabha Shukla, J.) — Application under Section 528 BNSS No. 15727 of 2026, Vinay Verma and 3 others v. State of U.P. and another — seeking quashing of charge sheet No. 153 of 2024 dated 26.09.2024, cognizance order dated 15.01.2025 and entire proceedings of Case Crime No. 162 of 2024 (Criminal Case No. 472 of 2025), State v. Pradeep Kumar Verma and others, under Sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(2) BNS and Sections 3/4, D.P. Act, 1961, Police Station Thothibari, District Maharajganj, pending before Civil Judge (J.D.)/F.T.C.-I Maharajganj — applicants pleaded amicable settlement vide compromise dated 10.11.2025 (Annexure No. '4'); learned A.G.A. submitted that verification of the compromise is for the Trial Court — Held, without expressing any opinion on the merits: both parties directed to appear in person before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; Trial Court to fix a date, verify the compromise after ensuring presence of the parties, record statements of the parties on fulfilment of the terms of the original compromise deed, and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within three months of production of the certified copy, if there is no other legal impediment; parties to be allowed certified copies of the report and the compromise; liberty granted to the applicants to approach the High Court again for quashing; till verification of the compromise, no coercive action to be taken against the applicants — Application disposed of (April 20, 2026).

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 15727 of 2026

Vinay Verma And 3 Others

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P. and Another	.....	Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: Kuldeep Kumar Vishwakarma, Kumar Vishwakarma : G.A.	Sandeep

Court No. - 78

HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J.

Heard Mr. Kuldeep Kumar Vishwakarma, learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

The present application under Section 528 B.N.S.S. has been filed to quash the charge sheet No. 153 of 2024 dated 26.09.2024 cognizance order dated 15.01.2025 passed by Civil Judge (J.D.)/F.T.C.-I Maharajganj as well as entire proceedings of Case Crime No. 162 of 2024 (Criminal Case No. 472 of 2025) State Versus Pradeep Kumar Verma and others, under Sections 85, 115 (2), 352, 351(2) B.N.S and 3/4 D.P. Act, 1961, Police StationThothibari, District-Maharajganj pending in the Court of Civil Judge (J.D.)/F.T.C.-I Maharajganj.

Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the parties have amicably settled their disputes vide compromise dated 10.11.2025, which has been placed as Annexure No. '4' to the present application. 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.

In view of above, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the

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case, both the parties are directed to appear in person 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 .

April 20, 2026 Shivani Sri.

(Nand Prabha Shukla,J.)

Digitally signed by :- SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad