Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:81627-DB Court No. - 44 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18821 of 2024 Petitioner :- Saurabh Agarwal And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arun Kumar Pal,Yadvendra Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Ajay Kumar Pandey,G.A.,Kamlesh Kumar Dwivedi,Saurabh Dwivedi Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Madan Pal Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents and learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.3. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for quashing of the First Information Report dated 2nd August, 2024 giving rise to Case Crime No. 0486 of 2024, under Sections 420, 406, 323, 504 and 506 I.P.C., Police Station - Tajganj, District-Agra. 3. When the writ petition, for quashing of the FIR, was filed before this Court, the Court vide its order dated 22nd October, 2024 had referred the matter to the Mediation & Conciliation Centre of the Allahabad High Court, wherein on 13th April, 2025 settlement/agreement was entered into between the petitioners and respondent no.4. The agreement was entered as is contained in paragraph no.7 of the settlement/agreement dated 13th April, 2025, wherein, it has been stated that all cases civil & criminal filed by the parties against each other would be withdrawn by the parties. The paragraph no.7 of the settlement/agreement dated 26.04.2023 of the Mediation & Conciliation Centre, High Court Allahabad is reproduced hereunder:- "7. The following settlement has been arrived at between the Parties hereto:- a) That both the parties have already settled their dispute amicably on the condition that Petitioners shall pay an amount of Rs.14,00,000/- (Rupees Fourteen Lakh Only) to the Respondent No.4. b) That it has been stated by the parties that out of the aforesaid settled amount, the Petitioners have already transferred an amount of Rs.11,00,000/- (Rs. Eleven Lakh Only) through RTGS No. BKIDR52025032500894359 on 25.03.2024 to the Respondent No.4 and the Respondent No.4 has acknowledged the receipt of the same. c) That it has been further agreed between the parties that the Petitioners shall pay the remaining amount of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rs. Three Lakh Only) to the Respondent No.4 after the quashing of Case Crime No. 0486 of 2024 under Sections 420, 406, 323, 504, 506, IPC, Police Station-Tajganj, District-Agra, giving rise to the present Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 18821 of 2024. d) That it has been further agreed between the parties that only after the payment of aforesaid settled amount, nothing remains due between the parties against each other in respect of present dispute. e) That it has also been agreed between the parties that all civil and criminal cases filed by them against each other regarding present dispute shall be withdrawn by the parties concerned by taking appropriate steps before the Court/authority concerned. f) That the parties will not file any fresh case against each other in respect of this dispute. They have no claim against each other in future also." 4. In view of the above, the writ petition is allowed. Consequently, impugned First Information Report dated 2nd August, 2024 giving rise to Case Crime No. 0486 of 2024, under Sections 420, 406, 323, 504 and 506 I.P.C., Police Station - Tajganj, District-Agra, is hereby quashed. (Madan Pal Singh, J.) (Siddhartha Varma, J.) Order Date :- 16.5.2025 Sushil/- Digitally signed by :- SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad