Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:136213 Court No. - 89 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 35752 of 2024 Applicant :- Divaker Sharma @ Ashok Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prabha Shanker Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- Santosh Kumar Tripathi,G.A. Hon'ble Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J. 1. Supplementary affidavits filed by learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for the opposite party no.2, separately are taken on record. 2. Heard Shri Prabha Shanker Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Santosh Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and Shri Brijedra Pratap Maurya, learned AGA for the State. 3. This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashing of the entire proceedings, including cognizance order dated 01.12.2000 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1346 of 2002 (State Vs. Diwakar Sharma), arising out of Case Crime No.78 of 2000, under Sections 363, 366 IPC, P.S. Pisawa, District Aligarh, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-Ist, Aligarh, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that the dispute between the parties is matrimonial dispute and during mediation, both the parties have amicably settled all the disputes and they have agreed for withdrawal of all cases, including present case, pending between the parties. All the conditions of mediation have been complied with. It was submitted that the complainant does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. 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 and the complainant/ opposite party no.2 does not want to proceed with the case pending before the trial court and the impugned proceedings may be quashed. 6. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and learned A.G.A. have 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. In the instant case, matter relates to matrimonial dispute and it was submitted that both the parties have settled all the disputes and compromised the matter. The dispute between the parties is matrimonial in nature and it was submitted on behalf of both the parties that impugned proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have adverse impact on society. There is nothing to indicate that parties have any criminal antecedents. The counter affidavit of opposite party no.2 is also on record, wherein it has been stated that the impugned proceedings may be quashed. Considering the law laid down in the case of State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, AIR 2019 SC 1296 and the facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed. 9. In view of the aforesaid, the impugned charge- sheets/cognizance-summoning order and entire proceedings of Case Crime No.78 of 2000, under Sections 363, 366 IPC, P.S. Pisawa, District Aligarh, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-Ist, Aligarh, against the applicant, is hereby quashed. 10. The application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 RKM Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad