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MAYANK SHUKLA AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. THE SECY. PRIN. (HOME DEPTT. ) LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/1269/2025 · 2025-09-02

Shree Prakash Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1269 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Pradeep Pandey, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the material placed on record. 2. By means of the instant application, the applicants have prayed to quash the impugned chargesheet no. 1 dated 20.04.2022 u/s 34, 323, 504, 506 and 498A IPC and under section 3/4 D.P. Act arising out of first information report no. 0095 of 2022 at P.S.- Madiyaon District- Lucknow and the summoning order dated 10.05.2022 alongwith the entire proceeding of Case No. 49678 of 2022 arising out of F.I.R. No. 0095 of 2022. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. was lodged against the applicants. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing on 23.09.2024. Thereafter, the applicants filed an Application U/S 482 No.10001 of 2024 wherein this Court vide order dated 08.11.2024 has directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 18.12.2024. He submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. He submits that further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal proceedings against the applicants may be quashed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sheel Nidhi Shukla, Birendra Kumar Mishra, Priya Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Desh Deepak Singh, Pradeep Pandey Mayank Shukla And 4 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. The Secy. Prin. (Home Deptt. ) Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no.2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. 5. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. 6. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 23.09.2024 and said compromise has been verified on 18.12.2024 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicants. 7. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 23.09.2024 and no grievance remains to be agitated and, as such, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case are liable to be set aside in view of the Judgments of the Apex Court rendered in B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another (2003) 4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation (2008) 9 SCC 677; Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, (2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303; and Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466. 8. Accordingly, entire criminal proceedings against the applicants in Case No. 49678 of 2022 arising out of F.I.R. No. 0095 of 2022 u/s 34, 323, 504, 506 and 498A IPC and under section 3/4 D.P. Act P.S.- Madiyaon District- Lucknow, chargesheet no. 1 dated 20.04.2022 and the summoning order dated 10.05.2022 are hereby quashed. 9. The compromise shall be part of this order. 10. The application is allowed accordingly. 11. Consigned to the records. September 2, 2025 Mayank A482 No. 1269 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench