2016 Smt. Shashi Bala Agrawal And 3 Ors. State Of U.P & Anr. v. Anupm Agrawaal) under Sections 406 & Ors.
Case at a glance
Outcome
Allowed
The instant application stands allowed
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 406, 504, 506
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
Key paragraphs
- Para 88. The instant application stands allowed. October 15, 2025 Kushal (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
Judgment
2010 (State vs. Anupm Agrawaal and others), arising out of Case Crime No.893 of 2009, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- New Agra, District Agra, were quashed by this Court vide order dated 22.11.2019 in Application U/S 482 No.19074 of 2013. 2 A482 No. 6840 of 2016
Sri Dileep Kumar, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Sudhanshu Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants submits that the proceedings in question relates to a offences under Sections 406, 504 and 506 IPC, which are all compoundable and parties have amicably settled the dispute.
Along with the application, mentioned above, a copy of the compromise has been filed at page 15, which Sri Dileep Kumar, Senior Advocate, submits has been adhered to in letter and spirit.
Considering the fact that the offences are compoundable and also the parties have amicably settled their dispute, the pendency of the proceedings would now amount to an abuse of process of law.
Accordingly, the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.585 of 2013 (Aarti vs. Anupm Agrawaal & others) under Sections 406, 504, 506 IPC pending in the Court of IVth Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra are hereby quashed.
Operative part
The instant application stands allowed. October 15, 2025 Kushal (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: The instant application stands allowed
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 406, 504, 506; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.