Saket Gupta v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 528 BNSS; Section 482 CrPC; quashing of summoning order; Complaint Case No. 5294/2021, Etawah; Criminal Revision No. 270/2024; referral to Mediation Centre of lower court; sulah/compromise; time-bound mediation (one week / four months); stay of further proceedings for six months; liberty clause on failure or success of mediation; Allahabad High Court; single judge (Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J.); application disposed.
What did the court decide?
Application finally disposed of with directions: parties to appear before the Mediation Centre of the court below and move a settlement application; the lower court to pass orders thereon within one week and the Mediation Centre to conclude mediation within four months; all further proceedings against the applicant in the said case stayed for six months; liberty to the court below to proceed in accordance with law if mediation fails, and to the applicant to approach this Court with the mediation report if it succeeds.