Court No. - 47
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9767 of 2021 Petitioner :- Rahul Yadav And 6 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- V.K. Agnihotri Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
The petitioners, by means of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, have invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court with prayer to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 23.9.2021 registered as Case Crime No.0287 of 2021 under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Mahila Thana (Sefai), District Etawah and for a direction to the respondents not to arrest the petitioners in pursuance of impugned First Information Report.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners; learned A.G.A for State respondent nos.1 and 2 and Shri Kuldeep Chahar, learned counsel for respondent no.3.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the present matter relates to matrimonial dispute, which may be amicably settled by way of mediation and conciliation, therefore, the matter may be referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court.
In view of the above, it is directed that petitioners shall deposit a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- within three weeks from today with the Mediation Centre of this Court out of which Rs.90,000/- shall be paid to the opposite party no.3, on the date fixed, for her appearance before the Mediation Centre and Rs.10,000/- shall be retained by the Mediation Centre as mediation fee.
The matter is remitted to the Mediation Centre with the direction that after deposit of such amount, by the petitioners, it shall issue notice to the parties fixing some date for mediation and shall make all possible efforts to conclude the mediation and conciliation proceedings expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months.
List after expiry of aforesaid period before the appropriate Bench along with the report of Mediation Centre.
Till the next date of listing, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners in the above mentioned case.
It is made clear that in case there occurs default by the petitioners either in depositing the amount or in appearing before the Mediation Centre on the date fixed, the interim order shall cease to operate and the Mediation Centre shall immediately communicate with the office which in turn shall list the case within a week before the appropriate Bench for passing orders in the matter.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by the petitioners alongwith a self attested identity proof of the said persons (preferably Aadhar Card) mentioning the mobile number to which the said Aadhar Card is linked.
The concerned Court/Authority shall verify the authenticity of such computerised copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 25.10.2021 RKP Digitally signed by JUSTICE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI Date: 2021.10.25 17:20:22 IST Reason: Document Owner Location: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by SUBHASH VIDYARTHI Date: 2021.10.25 17:21:09 IST Reason: Document Owner Location: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad