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2024 DAILYLAW 2759 (ALL)

MAHENDRA AND 2 OTHERS v. State of UP AND ANOTHER

A482/26296/2024 · 2026-04-19

Sanjiv Kumar

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 26296 of 2024 Court No. - 83 HON'BLE SANJIV KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Mr. Hare Ram Pandey, learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., Mr. Varun Shankar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and perused the record. 2. This application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C has been filed for quashing the order dated 9.7.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Sessions Case No. 1771 of 2021 (State Vs. Virendra and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 224 of 2019, under Sections 308, 323, 504 IPC, Police Station Belghat, District Gorakhpur, pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Gorakhpur. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants as well as opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 26.11.2024, a direction was given to the court concerned to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, the court concerned had verified the contents of compromise. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the court concerned vide order dated 25.06.2024, a copy of which has been annexed as Annexure No.SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit dated 22.3.2026. 5. Learned A.G.A. has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Hare Ram Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Varun Shankar Dwivedi Mahendra And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) below. 6. Hon'ble Apex Court in catena of decisions has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice as has been held in Gian Singh Vs State of Punjab, 2012 AIR SCW 5333, B.S. Joshi and others Vs State of Haryana, (2003) 3 SCC 675 and Narinder Singh Vs State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466. Hence, inherent power can be exercised to speed up the process of ending the criminal proceedings where the settlement is arrived at between the parties. 7. In view of the aforesaid facts and considering that the parties do not wish to pursue the case any further, the dispute is essentially of a private nature and has no wider social impact. Since it has been mutually settled between the parties by way of a compromise, no useful purpose would be served by proceeding with the matter further. 8. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and order dated 9.7.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Sessions Case No. 1771 of 2021 (State Vs. Virendra and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 224 of 2019, under Sections 308, 323, 504 IPC, Police Station Belghat, District Gorakhpur, pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Gorakhpur. pending in the Court of learned A.C.J.M., Court No.5, Agra, are hereby quashed. 9. It is stated on behalf of applicants that after verification of compromise before the learned Trial Court, applicant No.3- Virendra has died. April 20, 2026 SFH A482 No. 26296 of 2024 2 (Sanjiv Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SYED FAHIM HUSAIN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad