Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:87373 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 39556 of 2024 Applicant :- Ankit Garg And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Yogendra Pal Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Kuldeep Singh Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J. 1. Short counter affidavit filed on behalf of the complainant / opposite party no.2, in Court today, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 / complainant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material brought on record. 3. This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashing of the entire proceedings, including summoning order dated 09.05.2023, of Case No. 4805 of 2023 (Priya Garg Vs. Ankit Garg and Others), under Sections - 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station - Civil Lines, District - Meerut, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.5, Meerut, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that matter pertains to matrimonial dispute and both the parties have amicably settled the same and compromised the matter. Both the parties have already filed a petition under Section - 13-B Hindu Marriage Act for grant of divorce on the basis of mutual consent. The complainant / opposite party no.2 does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings against applicants. The opposite party no.2 / complainant has already filed a short counter affidavit, wherein it has been stated that she does not want to proceed with the impugned proceedings. Referring to facts of the matter, it was submitted that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending and thus, the same may be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 / complainant has also concurred with the arguments raised on behalf of the applicants and submitted that both the parties have compromised the matter and now the complainant does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings and the same may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. It was further submitted that complainant has already submitted short counter affidavit before this Court to the effect that parties have compromised the matter and impugned proceedings may be quashed. 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. In the instant case, matter relates to matrimonial dispute, which is private in nature. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have adverse impact on society. Both the parties have already filed a petition under Section - 13-B Hindu Marriage Act for grant of divorce on the basis of mutual consent. The complainant has submitted an affidavit before this Court stating that she does not want to proceed with the impugned case against applicants. Considering submissions of learned counsel for the parties and 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 summoning order, of the aforesaid complaint case, against applicants, namely, Ankit Garg, Shiv Kumar and Supreme Goyal are hereby quashed. 10. The application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. Order Date :- 22.5.2025 S Rawat Digitally signed by :- SHOBHIT RAWAT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad