Deepak Kumar and 4 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

Deepak Kumar and 4 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Matter referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court Allahabad, with directions to the applicants to deposit Rs. 25,000/- within four weeks (Rs. 20,000/- legal expense to opposite party No. 2 on her personal appearance; Rs. 5,000/- to the Centre); mediation report within three months; case listed on 24.07.2026; interim protection that no coercive measures be taken against the applicants till the next date of listing, subject to automatic vacation if the deposit is not made.

Issue for consideration

Whether the charge sheet dated 19.06.2025 and the summoning order dated 10.07.2025 in Criminal Case No. 3030 of 2025 (arising out of Case Crime No. 26 of 2025) should be quashed under Section 528 BNSS. +1 more

Court's answer

As an interim measure, till the next date of listing, no coercive measures shall be taken against the applicants in Criminal Case No. 3030 of 2025 arising out of Case Crime No. 26 of 2025.

Ratio / Principle

On the applicants' consent, the matter is referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of the High Court; the applicants are directed to deposit Rs. 25,000/- within four weeks, of which Rs. 20,000/- is payable as legal expense to opposite party No. 2 on her personal appearance before the Centre and Rs. 5,000/- to the Centre; the Centre is to submit its report within three months and the case is to be listed on 24.07.2026.

Key takeaways

If the directed deposit is not made within the stipulated period of four weeks, the interim protection granted shall automatically stand vacated.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Nand Prabha Shukla, J.) in Application U/S 528 BNSS No. 5157 of 2026, Deepak Kumar and 4 others v. State of U.P. and another (decided April 17, 2026): Application under Section 528 BNSS to quash the charge sheet dated 19.06.2025 and summoning order dated 10.07.2025 in Criminal Case No. 3030 of 2025 (State Vs. Deepak Kumar and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 26 of 2025 under Sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(3) B.N.S. and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Mahila Thana, District-Jaunpur, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 11, Jaunpur. Counsel for the applicants stated consent to mediation; the Court referred the dispute to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre (AHCMCC), directed the applicants to deposit Rs. 25,000/- within four weeks (Rs. 20,000/- as legal expense to opposite party No. 2 on her personal appearance, Rs. 5,000/- to the Centre), fixed the mediation report within three months, and listed the case on 24.07.2026. As an interim measure, no coercive measures were to be taken against the applicants till the next date of listing, with the protection to stand automatically vacated if the deposit was not made within the stipulated period.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 5157 of 2026

Deepak Kumar And 4 Others

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P. and Another			....	.Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Dipendra Kumar Sin	Kumar gh	Tripathi,	Govind
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 78

HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, learned counsel has filed his Power on behalf of opposite party No. 2 which is taken on record.

Heard Mr. Sandeep Kumar Pandey, holding brief of Mr. Dipendra Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicants, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the opposite party No. 2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

The present application under Section 528 B.N.S.S. has been preferred to quash the charge sheet dated 19.06.2025 as well as summoning order dated 10.07.2025, in Criminal Case No. 3030 of 2025 (State Vs. Deepak Kumar and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 26 of 2025, under Sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(3) B.N.S. & Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Mahila Thana, District-Jaunpur, pending before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 11, Jaunpur.

Learned counsel for the applicants states that the applicants consent to refer the matter to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court Allahabad, for amicable settlement of the dispute.

Accordingly, the matter is referred to Mediation & Conciliation Centre of this Court. The applicants are directed to deposit a sum of Rs. 25,000/- by way of demand draft/pay order in the name of Allahabad High Court, Mediation and Conciliation Centre (AHCMCC) within a period of four weeks from today. Out of total amount, Rs. 20,000/- as legal expense shall be payable to opposite party No. 2 on her personal appearance before the

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Mediation and Conciliation Centre and remaining Rs. 5,000/- shall be payable to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre.

The matter is referred to the Mediation Centre with the direction that same may be tried to be resolved after giving notices to the opposite parties. The Mediation Centre will submit its report in the matter within three months.

List this case on 24.07.2026 in the daily cause list before the appropriate Bench alongwith the report of Mediation Centre.

Till the next date of listing, no coercive measures shall be taken against the applicants in Criminal Case No. 3030 of 2025 (State Vs. Deepak Kumar and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 26 of 2025, under Sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(3) B.N.S. & Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Mahila Thana, District-Jaunpur.

In case, the aforesaid amount is not deposited within the aforesaid period, the interim protection granted above shall automatically be vacated.

April 17, 2026 Shivani Sri.

(Nand Prabha Shukla,J.)

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