Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16946 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2562 of 2025 Applicant :- Priya Gupta And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Abhishek Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Shri Anil Kumar Shukla, Advocate has filed his vakalatnama on behalf of respondent no. 2, which 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:- "to quash/ set- aside the charge-sheet dated 23.06.2021 as well as cognizance and summoning order dated 18.10.2021 alongwith the whole of the proceedings of Case No. 32325/2021, "State of U.P. Vs. Priya Gupta and others" pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bahraich, arising out of case Crime No. 144/2021, Under Section 504 & 506 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Bahraich, as contained in Annexure No. 5, against the applicants, respectively to this application; or may pass such other order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the circumstances of the case safeguarding in the interest of justice" Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise dated 04.10.2024 entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 16.12.2024 in pursuance of the order of this Court dated 10.10.2023 passed in Application U/S 482 No. 9794 of 2023. 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 Application U/S 482 Cr.P.C. No.9794 of 2023 and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, this Court vide order dated 10.10.2023 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 16.12.2024 (Annexure No.2) 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 settlements 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 :- 25.3.2025/S. Kumar Digitally signed by :- SANTOSH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench