Manipur High Court
MC(Cril. Petn.)/36/2025 of Ashish Kumar Gupta Vs Sonam Sahu on 3 April 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL Cril Petn 48 of
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR
AT IMPHAL
Cril Petn 48 of 2025 with
MC (Cril Pet) No.36 of 2025 with
Ashish Kumar Gupta
… Petitioner
-Versus-
Sonam Sahu
… Respondents
BEFORE
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.GUNESHWAR SHARMA
4.4.2026
Present Mr.Shobhit Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Anjan Prasad Sahu, learned counsel for the respondents.
By the present petition, petitioner prays for quashing Cril DV Case No.26 of 2022 filed by the respondents. The matter was referred to Mediation by this Court and vide Mediation Proceedings dated 16.1.2026 parties have arrived into a mutual settlement.
The
Mediation
Proceedings
dated
16.1.2026
is
reproduced below:
“
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This Settlement Agreement is entered into BETWEEN
Shri Ashish Kumar Gupta, aged about 37 years, S/o Satya Deo Shaw, resident of Flat No. 183, Pocket -3, DDA SFS
Flats, Sector -11, Dwarka, South West Delhi, PIN- 1110075, At Present 15/4, GGS Marg, Neils Line, Lucknow Cantonment, PIN- 2260002, C/o 56 APO PIN -900450, (Hereinafter called as "THE FIRST PARTY")
AND
Mrs. Sonam Sahu, aged about 34 years, D/o Raj Kumar Prasad and W/o Ashish Kumar Gupta resident of Flat No.
183, Pocket -3, DDA SFS Flats, Sector -11, Dwarka, South West Delhi, PIN- 1110075, At Present Mantripukhri, P.O.Mantripukhri, P.S. Heingang, Imphal East District, Manipur (Hereinafter called as "THE SECOND PARTY")
WHEREAS
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1. The First Party filed Cril. Petn. No. 48 of 2025 against the Second Party before the Hon'ble High Court of Manipur. The said Cril. Petn. No. 48 of 2025 with MC(Cril. Petn.) No. 36 of 2025 were referred to the High Court of Manipur Mediation Centre vide an order dated 30.07.2025 passed by Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. Guneshwar Sharma.
2. The High Court Legal Services Committee, High Court of Manipur appointed Shri Aribam Gautam Sharma, Advocate as Mediator for conducting mediation in connection with Cril. Petn. No. 48 of 2025 with MC(Cril. Petn.) No. 36 of 2025 on 19-08-2025.
3. Five mediation sessions were held with the parties and their respective counsels on 20-08-2025, 30-08-2025, 08- 09-2025, 13-11-2025 and 16-01-2026. The Parties, with the assistance of the Mediator, and proactive participation of the Counsels for the Parties, have voluntarily arrived at an amicable solution.
4. The Parties hereto confirm and declare that they have arrived at this Settlement Agreement voluntarily, and of their own free will.
5. The following settlement has been arrived at between the Parties hereto:
(a) It has been agreed and undertaken by the Parties that the First Party shall pay a sum of Rs. 5,00,000/ (Rupees Five Lakh) only to the Second Party as a part of the final settlement as per the terms of the present Settlement Agreement.
(b) It has also been agreed between the Parties that the First Party shall return the jewellery of
Second Party (List of jewelry annexed to this Settlement Agreement as Annexure-A/1)
(c) It has been agreed and undertaken by the Parties that Flat No. L-307, ROF -AALAYAS II. Sector 102, Gurugram, Haryana – 122505 which is jointly owned by the First Party and the Second Party shall be sold and the sale proceeds of the same shall be equally shared between them.
(d) It has been agreed between the Parties that the Second Party shall withdraw the Execution Case No. 06 of 2023 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East which was filed by the Second Party against the First Party within 15 days of after passing of final orders by Hon'ble High Court accepting the present Settlement Agreement.
(e) It has been also agreed between the Parties that the First Party shall withdraw Matrimonial Divorce Case 3590 of 2022 filed before the Family Court, Lucknow which was filed by him against the Second Party within 30 days of after passing of final orders by Hon'ble High Court accepting the present Settlement Agreement.
(f) It has been agreed between the Parties that a mutually agreed divorce proceeding is to be filed before a court having jurisdiction within the NCR of Delhi within 30 days after passing of final orders by Hon'ble High Court accepting the present Settlement Agreement.
(g) It has been agreed that the aforesaid Criminal Petition filed before the Hon'ble High Court of Manipur against the Second Party, shall be disposed of in terms of this Settlement.
(h) Both the Parties shall pray to Hon’ble High Court of Manipur that the present Cril Petn. No. 48 of 2025 with MC(Cril.Petn.)No. 36 of 2025 may be disposed of in terms of the present Settlement Agreement.
6. By giving consent to this Settlement Agreement, the parties hereto state that they shall have no further claims or demands against each other and all the disputes and claims have been amicably settled by the Parties hereto through the process of Mediation.
7. That the parties undertake before the Hon'ble Court to abide by the terms and conditions set out in the agreement and not to dispute the same hereinafter in future. The parties further agree and undertake that they shall not resile from the present Settlement Agreement.
8. Both the Parties have agreed that they are entering into the present Settlement Agreement voluntarily, out of their own free will and volition. The Parties further state that they have understood the contents of the present Settlement Agreement as the same have been explained to them by the Mediator and their respective counsels, in the presence of each other.”
This Court perused the mediation settlement agreement. In view of the agreement, Cril Petn No.48 of 2025 and MC (Crl Petn) No.36 of 2025 are disposed of.
Interim order, if any, merged with the final order.
JUDGE
Priyojit
RAJKUMA R PRIYOJIT SINGH Digitally signed by RAJKUMAR PRIYOJIT SINGH Date: 2026.04.06 17:04:29 +05'30'