Mashkuruddin Khan @ Maskuruddin Khan and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of criminal proceedings on amicable compromise; S. 528 BNSS application; Case Crime No. 354 of 2024; Sections 498-A, 323, 506, 427 IPC; Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; P.S. Bhira, District Lakhimpur Kheri; FIR lodged by complainant Raft Parveen; summoning order dated 30.08.2025; chargesheet; compromise deed dated 15.04.2026; verification of compromise before trial court; notices to signatories; three-month stay of proceedings; liberty to re-approach High Court for quashing; matrimonial/domestic dispute; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Shree Prakash Singh, J.; disposed of with directions.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with directions: (i) if the compromise is filed before the court concerned, notices to all signatories requiring personal presence and verification of the compromise, with a report to be prepared and made part of the record; (ii) trial Court to examine whether all parties against whom the chargesheet was filed are party to the compromise and send a report with the verification order; (iii) proceedings pursuant to Case Crime No. 354 of 2024 stayed for three months so far as the applicants are concerned; (iv) parties may obtain certified copies and the applicants may approach this Court again for quashing; (v) Office to return the original compromise deed to the applicants' counsel after photocopying.