ASHOK KUMAR SINGH AND 3 OTHERS v. VIVEK SINGH CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER
A482/421/2025 · 2025-01-20
Karunesh Singh Pawar
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:3298 Court No. - 16 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 421 of 2025 Applicant :- Ashok Kumar Singh And 3 Others Opposite Party :- Vivek Singh Chauhan And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Aditya Srivastava,Ankit Srivastava,Rajneesh Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party :- Abhinav Singh,G.A. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the State and Shri Abhinav Singh who has filed his vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party No.1, the same is taken on record. 2. The petition seeks quashing of the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.1580 of 2013 (Vivek Singh Chauhan vs. Suresh Pal & Others) including the order dated 06.09.2013 passed by the court of Judicial Magistrate, Hardoi and the order dated 13.03.2014 passed by the court of Additional Sessions Judge-V, Hardoi in Crime No.1580 of 2013 whereby Criminal Revision No.261/2013 (Ashok Kumar Singh & others vs. State of U.P.) and Criminal Revision No.262/2013 (Suresh Pal Singh vs. State of U.P.) was rejected. 3. Learned counsel for the parties submit that the petitioners and respondent no.1 have amicably settled their dispute outside the court by way of a compromise, copy of which is on record as Annexure-5 to the petition. 4. Further it has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that in compliance of order passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court dated 24.07.2024 in Application U/S 482 No.1380 of 2014, the compromise has been verified by the learned court below. 5. Learned counsel for respondent no.1 concedes the argument made by learned counsel for the petitioners. 6. Learned counsel for the parties submits that in view of the
judgments of Hon'ble Apex Court in B. S. Joshi and others versus State of Haryana and another :(2003) 4 SCC 675, Nikhil Merchant versus C.B.I. and another : (2008) 9 SCC 677, Manoj Sharma versus State and others : (2008) 16 SCC 1, Gian Singh versus State of Punjab: (2010) 15 SCC 118 and Narinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and another: (2014) 6 SCC 466, the proceedings pending before learned trial court are liable to be quashed. 7.
7. In view of the fact that the parties have settled their dispute outside the Court by way of compromise and from perusal of the record it appears that the compromise has been verified by court below and the verification report dated 08.08.2024 is on record as well as law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the cases (supra), the present petition is allowed and the criminal proceedings (supra) are hereby quashed. Order Date :- 20.1.2025 Saurabh Yadav/- Digitally signed by :- SAURABH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench