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MOHD. IRFAN ALIAS GUDDU AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME U.P. LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/852/2025 · 2025-01-30

Om Prakash Shukla

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6291 Court No. - 30 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 852 of 2025 Applicant :- Mohd. Irfan Alias Guddu And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sarvesh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Power filed today in the Court by Shri Kunwar Ravi Prakash, Advocate on behalf of the opposite party No.2 is taken on record. 2. Heard Shri Sarvesh Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants, Shri Kunwar Ravi Prakash, learned Counsel for opposite party no.2, Shri Shiv Nath Tilhari, learned AGA for the State of U.P. and perused the material placed on record. 3. The present application has been filed for the following main relief:- "Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may very graciously be pleased to quash the summoning order dated 27.07.2023 passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Court No.27 Lucknow on 27.07.2023 in Complaint Case No.103537 of 2021; Misc. Case No.3537/2021 (Suraj Yadav vs. Guddu alias Irfan and Another) under Section 323/504/506/354 I.P.C., Police Station-Chinhat, District-Lucknow." 4. It appears that after considering the averments made in the Application U/S 482 Cr.P.C. No. 11192 of 2024 and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, this Court vide order dated 10.12.2024 referred the matter to the concerned court for the purpose of verification of the compromise entered into between the parties. 5. It appears from the order dated 04.01.2025 (Annexure No.5) that the trial court has verified the compromise, mentioning therein that the parties were present and they have admitted that they have entered into an agreement voluntarily and their signatures have been verified by their respective counsels before the court. 6. 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 settlements/compromise 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 arising out of Complaint Case No.103537 of 2021; Misc. Case No.3537/2021 (Suraj Yadav vs. Guddu alias Irfan and Another) under Section 323/504/506/354 I.P.C., Police Station-Chinhat, District-Lucknow., quoted above, are hereby quashed qua the applicants. 7. Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance. [Om Prakash Shukla, J.] Order Date :- 30.1.2025 -Piyush- Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench