HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 5167 of 2022 Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJ BEER SINGH, J. 1. Short counter affidavit filed by learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and learned AGA for the State. 3. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing of entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 26.12.2021 as well as cognizance / summoning order dated 19.01.2022, of Case No. 441 of 2022 (State Vs. Chandan and others), arising out of Case Crime No.19 of 2021, under Sections 498A, 323, 504 IPC and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S.- Mahila Thana, District- Jhansi, pending in the court of Civil Judge (J.D.) / F.T.C. (CAW), Jhansi, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicants that applicants are mother-in-law and father-in-law of opposite party no.2. Matter relates to matrimonial dispute between son of applicants and opposite party no.2. Now both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the case. The opposite party no.2 / informant of the case has already filed short- counter affidavit before this Court, wherein she has stated that she has compromised the case and she does not want to prosecute the applicants. It was stated that in view of these facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending and thus, the impugned proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has concurred with the arguments of learned counsel for the applicants and submitted that both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the matter. It was Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sunil Kumar Kushwaha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ashok Kumar Yadav, G.A., Saurabh Kumar Pandey Smt. Jai Kunwar And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P.And Another .....Opposite Party(s) also stated that opposite party no.2 / informant has already filed short counter affidavit, wherein it has been mentioned that she has compromised the case and she does not want to prosecute the applicants. 6. Learned A.G.A. has no objection if parties compromise the matter. 7. I have considered the submissions and perused the record. 8. It is well settled that in appropriate cases criminal proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties, by invoking inherent powers enshrined under Section 482 Cr.P.C. In the instant case, the matter relates to matrimonial dispute between the parties. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have adverse impact on society. Both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the case. The informant of the case has mentioned in her short counter affidavit that she has compromised the case and she does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. Considering aforesaid facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed. 9. In view of the aforesaid, entire impugned proceedings, including charge- sheet & cognizance / summoning order, of the aforesaid case against applicants, namely, Smt. Jai Kunwar & Bal Mukund are hereby quashed. 10. The application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. September 8, 2025 'SP'/- A482 No. 5167 of 2022 2 (Raj Beer Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad