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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:23385 Court No. - 73 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 43905 of 2024 Applicant :- Santosh Kushwaha Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ram Krishna Yadav,Subhash Chandra Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- Anjani Kumar Sahu,G.A.,Shikha Sharma Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned AGA for the State. 3. This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashing of the entire proceedings, including summoning order dated 11.05.2023, of Complaint Case No. 34 of 2022 (Smt. Radha Devi Vs. Santosh Kushwaha), under Sections 392, 354, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S. Redhar, District Jalaun at Orai, pending in the court of Additional Sessions Judge / Special Judge (D.A.A.), Jalaun at Orai on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that said incident took place due to some misconception and now both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the matter. In pursuance to the order of this Court the compromise has already verified by the Trial Court concerned. In the alleged incident, no one has sustained any injury. 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 A.G.A. has no objection if parties compromise the matter. 6. I have considered the submissions and perused the record. 7. It is well settled that in appropriate cases, criminal proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise. In the instant matter, it appears that dispute between the parties is private in nature and 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 compromise filed by the parties before the Trial Court, has already been verified by the court concerned. 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. 8. In view of the aforesaid, the impugned summoning order and entire proceedings of the aforesaid case against applicant, namely, Santosh Kushwaha are hereby quashed. 9. The application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. Order Date :- 18.2.2025 SK Srivastava Digitally signed by :- SAILESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad