/10222/2025 of GIRDHAR CHAUHAN @ GIRDHAR AND 2 OTHERS Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER on 4 December 2025

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10222 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SAURABH LAVANIA, J. Mr. Vikrant Prakash Srivastava, Mr. Manoj Singh and Ms. K.M.Deepa, learned Advocates has filed their Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s), learned Counsel for the opposite party no.2, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. The instant application has been filed for the following main relief:- "I. Set aside the impugned charge sheet dated 09.06.2023 and impugned cognizance order dated 15.04.2024 whereby applicants have been summoned annexed as Annexure No. 2 & 3 to instant application and all subsequent criminal proceedings arising out of the same which have been drawn against the Applicants in criminal case "State Vs Girdhar Chauhan and others" 323, 504, 506, 498-A of the IPC and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.; Arising out of F.I.R. No. 0033 of 2023, case no.- 38985 of 2024 of pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate District -Lucknow." Learned counsel for the applicant(s) submitted that both the parties have amicably settled their dispute outside the Court and have entered into a compromise. As such, keeping in view the settlement arrived at between the parties and the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in this regard, the proceedings impugned are liable to be quashed. Whether the parties have, in fact, compromised the matter or not, can best be ascertained by the Trial Court as such compromise has to be duly verified in presence of the parties concerned before the Court. Considering the aforesaid, the instant application is disposed of finally in following terms:- Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Priyanka Dube Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Girdhar Chauhan @ Girdhar And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)

(i) The parties to the proceedings i.e. Case No. 38985 of 2024 (supra), shall appear before the concerned Court within six weeks' from today and file the compromise.

(ii) If the parties appear before the concerned Court in terms of above, the concerned Court shall proceed to verify the compromise between the parties to the proceedings and prepare a report to the same effect and the original compromise deed be made part of record.

(iii) The concerned Court shall conclude the process of verification of compromise within two weeks' from the date of production of copy of this order.

(iv) The concerned Court shall permit the parties to the proceedings to obtain the certified copy of the report as well as compromise deed.

(v) It shall be open to the applicant(s) to approach this Court again for quashing of the proceedings.

(vi) Office is directed to provide original compromise, if any, to the Counsel for the applicant(s), after retaining its photocopy on record. It is for the purposes for its verification by the concerned court.

(vii) For a period of eight weeks, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant(s) in the aforesaid case. December 4, 2025 Jyoti/- A482 No. 10222 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Lavania,J.) Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench