Jagneswar Uzir v. the State of Assam and 2 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court | Crl.Pet./559/2025 | order dated 05.06.2025 | Judge Susmita Phukan Khaund | quashing of criminal proceeding | Section 528 BNSS 2023 petition | GR Case No. 548/2016 | Sections 498(A)/377/506 IPC | JMFC Bajali, Pathsala | matrimonial dispute settled by Deed of MoU (Annexure-4) | possibility of conviction remote and bleak | further proceeding an abuse of the Court | relies on Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466 — matrimonial/family disputes quashed on amicable settlement | petition allowed, entire proceeding set aside and quashed, petition disposed of | petitioner: Jagneswar Uzir; respondents: State of Assam, Dipa Kalita (informant), Sima Kalita (victim).
What did the court decide?
Petition under Section 528 BNSS, 2023 allowed; the entire proceeding of GR Case No. 548/2016 pending before JMFC, Bajali, Pathsala set aside and quashed; petition stands disposed of.