Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:26875 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 650 of 2024 Applicant :- Sidharth Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Bal Keshwar Srivastava,Dr. Udai Prakash,Kanchan Sinha,Ravi Patel,Suresh Kumar Mishra,Vivek Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Ankit Singh,Ashish Kumar Dubey,Manjusha Kapil Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Supplementary affidavit filed today on behalf of the applicant is taken on record. The present case has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. / 528 of B.N.S.S. with the following main relief:- "For the facts, reasons and circumstances as stated in the accompanying petition, duly supported by an affidavit, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 88909/2022 and as well as charge sheet no-1/2022 U/s 498-A,323,504,506, I.P.C. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition act and also cognizance/summoning order dated 23/09/2022 as well as N.B.W. dated 15/07/2023 issued against petitioner arising out of in the F.I.R./Crime No.109/2022, dated 05.06.2022, under section 498-A, 354, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C and 34 Dowry Prohibition Act registered in Police Station- Vikash Nagar, District- Lucknow, pending in the court of Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/Court No. 4, Lucknow, in the interest of justice." Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise dated 29.07.2024 entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 29.04.2025 copy of which has been enclosed as Annexure no.SA-1 in pursuance of the order of this Court dated 09.04.2025 passed in the present case. Learned Counsel for the respondent no. 2 has submitted that he has no grudge or grievance against the present applicants now. It appears that after considering the averments made in the aforesaid case preferred under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, this Court vide the aforesaid order referred the matter to the concerned court for the purpose of verification of the compromise entered into between the parties. It appears from the order dated 29.04.2025 (Annexure No.SA-1) that the trial court has verified the compromise. Considering the aforesaid as also the submissions made by learned Counsel for the parties as also the observations made by Apex Court in the case of State of Karnataka Vs. L. Muniswamy and Others, 1977 (2) SCC 699; State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal and Others, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335; Prashant Bharti Vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2013) 9 SCC 293; Rajiv Thapar and Ors. Vs. Madan Lal Kapoor, (2013) 3 SCC 330; Ahmad Ali Quraishi and Ors. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. (2020) 13 SCC 435, according to which inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (akin to Section 528 BNSS, 2023) could be exercised to prevent abuse of process of any Court or otherwise to secure ends of justice, as also the observations made by Apex Court in the case of Ramgopal and others Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2022) 14 SCC 531, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab [2012 10 SCC 303], Mohd. Ibrahim Vs. State of U.P., 2022 SCC Online ALL 106, Gold Quest International Ltd. Vs. State of Tamilnadu, 2014 (15) SCC 235, B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana, 2003 (4) SCC 675, Jitendra Raghuvanshi Vs. Babita Raghuvanshi, 2013(4) SCC 58, Madhavarao Jiwajirao Scindia Vs. Sambhajirao Chandrojirao Angre, 1988 1 SCC 692, Nikhil Merchant Vs. C.B.I. and another, 2008(9) SCC 677, Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, 2008(16) SCC 1, State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, 2019(5) SCC 688, Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Manoj Kumar and others Vs. State of U.P and others (2008) 8 SCC 781, Union Carbide Corporation and others Vs. Union of India and others (1991) 4 SCC 584, Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Principal Secretary and others (2014) 2 SCC 532 and Supreme Court Bar Association Vs. Union of India (1998) 4 SCC 409, according to which, in given facts, based upon the settlement between the parties the criminal proceedings can be quashed,as also the nature of dispute/crime, this Court is of the view that the present application is liable to be allowed as chances of ultimate conviction are extremely bleak and hence no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue. Accordingly, present application is allowed. Consequently, the entire proceedings, quoted above, are hereby quashed as far as it is related to the the applicant. Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance. Order Date :- 7.5.2025 Nitesh Digitally signed by :- NITESH KUMAR TEWARY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench