Narayan Chauhan And 7 Others v. State Of Up And 3 Others

: Sanjoo Yadav, Shivajee Srivastava, Shrikant Singh Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 48 HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J. HON'BLE DR. AJAY KUMAR-II, J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

The quintessence of the contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the respondent no. 4 is wife of petitioner no. 1 and matrimonial dispute is in the genesis of this case. There are chances of amicable settlement between the parties. Petitioners counsel strenuously urged that this case may be referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court, Allahabad so that the litigants may have a chance to settle their dispute on their own terms through mediation.

The Court is satisfied on the basis of record and the submissions made before it that the nature of litigation is such that the chances to resolve the matter through process of conciliation do exist and an attempt ought to be made to explore that possibility.

Accordingly, the matter is being referred to the Mediation Centre Allahabad. The petitioners will deposit Rs. 20,000/- within four weeks at the Mediation Centre. In case the amount is deposited, the Mediation Centre will issue notices to both the parties returnable within a period of two weeks. Out of the same Rs.15,000/- will be paid to respondent no.4 for subsistence and to 2 CRLP No. 8858 of 2026 meet out the expenses. The mediator is allowed two months' time to find out possible solution of the dispute between the parties and send his report to the court regarding the outcome of mediation.

List this case before the appropriate Bench along with report of the mediator on 23.7.2026.

Till then, the petitioners shall not be arrested in pursuance of the impugned F.I.R. dated 21.3.2026 arising out of Case Crime No.47 of 2026, under Sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(3) of BNS and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Dullahpur, District Ghazipur, provided the petitioners file the receipt of deposit of amount as directed above along with the present order.

It is made clear that in case of default in depositing the amount as ordered above or on non-participation of the petitioners in the mediation proceedings, interim stay order shall stand automatically vacated.

This case shall not be treated as tied up or part heard with this Bench. April 23, 2026 R (Dr. Ajay Kumar-II,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)