Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:13222 Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 665 of 2025 Appellant :- Amit Kumar Singh @ Manoj Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Arun Kumar Singh Parihar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. 1. Vakalatnama filed by Shri Ashok Kumar Srivastava on behalf of respondent Nos.2 to 4 is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned A.G.A. for the State and Shri Ashok Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent nos.2 to 4. 3. The present appeal seeks quashing of the entire proceedings of the Session Trial No.836 of 2003, arising out of Case Crime No.230-A of 2002, under Sections 323, 504 and 506 Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST Act, Police Station Mohanlalganj, District Lucknow as well as quash the charge-sheet No.125 of 2002 dated 28.07.2002 and summoning/cognizance order dated 23.09.2002 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Crime), Lucknow and at present the case is pending before the learned Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Lucknow. 4. Learned counsel for the parties submit that the appellant and respondent nos.2 to 4 have amicably settled their dispute outside the court by way of a compromise, copy of which is on record as Annexure-6 to the appeal. 5. Further it has been submitted by learned counsel for the appellant that in compliance of order passed by this Court dated 19.11.2024 the compromise has been verified by the learned court below. 6. Learned counsel for respondent nos.2 to 4 concedes the argument made by learned counsel for the appellant. 7. 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. 8. 8. 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 is on record as well as law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the cases (supra), the present appeal is allowed and the criminal proceedings (supra) are hereby quashed. Order Date :- 4.3.2025 Saurabh Yadav/- Digitally signed by :- SAURABH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench