Mohammad Arif and Another vs State of U.P. and Another — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2026)

Mohammad Arif and Another vs State of U.P. and Another — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim protection: no coercive action against applicants in Case Crime No.560 of 2021 till the next date of listing; Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar directed to verify the compromise within four weeks and send report through the Registry; case listed in the week commencing 09.03.2026; Registrar (Compliance) to serve copy of order on the CJM within 72 hours.

Issue for consideration

Whether the compromise already entered into between the parties and pending before the court below should be verified and a report submitted to the High Court. +1 more

Court's answer

Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar directed to verify the said compromise in presence of both the parties within a period of four weeks and send its report to this Court through the Registry on or before the next date.

Ratio / Principle

Till the next date of listing, no coercive action shall be initiated against the applicants in pursuance of Case Crime No.560 of 2021.

Key takeaways

Case to be listed in the week commencing 09.03.2026 along with the verification report.ratio¶12
Registrar (Compliance) directed to serve a copy of the order upon the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar within 72 hours so that the matter may be adjudicated on the basis of the verification report.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Saurabh Srivastava, J.), order dated January 28, 2026, in Application U/S 528 BNSS No. 47418 of 2025 — Mohammad Arif and another v. State of U.P. and another. Counsel for applicants submitted that the parties had already entered into a compromise, filed before the court below but not verified till date. The Court directed the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar to verify the compromise in the presence of both parties within four weeks and send the report to the Court through the Registry on or before the next date; listed the matter in the week commencing 09.03.2026 with the report; and, till the next date of listing, directed that no coercive action be initiated against the applicants in pursuance of Case Crime No.560 of 2021 under Sections 166, 166-B, 420, 269 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Bulandshahar. Registrar (Compliance) to serve a copy of the order upon the CJM within 72 hours so the matter may be adjudicated on the verification report.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 47418 of 2025

Mohammad Arif And Another

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State of U.P. and Another

	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Ajay Kumar Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 75

HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.

At the very outset, learned counsel for applicants submitted that both the parties have already been entered into a compromise which has also been preferred before learned court concerned but the same has not been verified till date.

In view thereof, learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar is hereby directed to verify the said compromise in presence of both the parties within a period of four weeks and send its report to this Court through the Registry on or before the next date.

List this case in the week commencing 09.03.2026 with said report.

Till the next date of listing, no coercive action shall be initiated against applicants in pursuance of Case Crime No.560 of 2021, under Sections 166, 166-B, 420, 269 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Bulandshahar.

Registrar (Compliance) is hereby directed to serve a copy of this order upon learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar within 72 hours so that the matter may be adjudicated on the basis of verification report.

January 28, 2026

Vivek Kr.

(Saurabh Srivastava,J.)

Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad