Washim Qureshi and 2 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

Washim Qureshi and 2 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 for verification of the compromise dated 18.06.2025; Trial Court to verify the compromise, record the 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; liberty to approach this Court again for quashing thereafter.

Issue for consideration

Whether the charge sheet dated 05.08.2025, cognizance/summoning order dated 20.02.2026 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 3328 of 2026 (arising out of Case Crime No. 09 of 2025) should be quashed in view of the alleged amicable settlement/compromise dated 18.06.2025 between the parties.

Court's answer

Without expressing any opinion on the merits, both parties were directed to appear in person before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and a certified copy of the order within three weeks; the Trial Court to fix a date, verify the compromise after ensuring the parties' presence, 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.

Ratio / Principle

While verifying the compromise, the Trial Court shall also record the statements of the parties as to whether all the terms and conditions mentioned in the original compromise deed have been fulfilled or not.

Key takeaways

The parties were permitted to obtain certified copies 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¶6
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¶7

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Nand Prabha Shukla, J.) disposed of an application under Section 528 BNSS by Washim Qureshi and 2 others seeking quashing of the charge sheet dated 05.08.2025, cognizance/summoning order dated 20.02.2026 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 3328 of 2026 (State versus Washim Qureshi and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 09 of 2025 under Sections 323, 498A I.P.C. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Ghazipur, on the basis of an alleged compromise dated 18.06.2025. Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court directed both parties to appear in person before the Trial Court with the compromise deed and certified copy of the order within three weeks; the Trial Court to verify the compromise, record the parties' statements on fulfilment of its terms, 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 certified copies of the verification report and compromise.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 15785 of 2026

Washim Qureshi And 2 Others

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P. and Another		.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: Ashok Kumar Mishra, Singh : G.A.	Nagendra Kumar

Court No. - 78

HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J.

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

The present application under Section 528 BNSS has been filed with the prayer to allow this application and quash the charge sheet dated 05.08.2025, cognizance/summoning order dated 20.02.2026 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 3328 of 2026 (State versus Washim Qureshi and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 09 of 2025, under Sections 323, 498A I.P.C. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station-Mahila Thana, District-Ghazipur pending in the court of learned Civil Judge (J.D.)/Fast Track Court, Court No. 2, Ghazipur.

Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the parties have amicably settled their disputes vide compromise dated 18.06.2025, which has been placed as Annexure No. '6' 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