Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:28701 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2572 of 2025 Applicant :- Nagendra @ Ramkishor @ Ram Kishor Saroj Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Sumit Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record bringing on record the certified copy of verification of compromise order dated 29.4.2025 annexed as Annexure SA-1. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 3. The present case has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C./528 of B.N.S.S. with the following main reliefs:- " WHEREFORE, it is most humbly and respectfully prayed that the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to set-aside/quash the entire proceedings of Special Session Trial No. 1398/2024 (State Versus Nagendra @ Ramkishor) arising out of Case Crime No. 0126/2024, Under Section-363, 366, 376 I.P.C. & Section-5 (J) (ii)/6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 pertaining to Police Station- Lalganj, District-Pratapgarh as well as impugned charge-sheet no. 324/2024, dated 17.10.2024, submitted by the investigating officer against the applicant/petitioner in aforesaid Case Crime No. 0126 of 2024 as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 09.12.2024, passed by the learned Special Judge (POCSO Act), Pratapgarh, by which the learned court below has taken the cognizance and has summoned the applicant/petitioner for facing of trial under the said sections and same is pending before the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act), Pratapgarh, as contained in Annexure No. 1 and 2 respectively to this petition, in the interest of justice. " 4. Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise dated 12.3.2025 (annexure SA-2 to the supplementary affidavit) entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 29.4.2025 (annexure no. SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit) in pursuance of the order of this Court dated 17.4.2025 passed in the present case. 5. Learned Counsel for the respondent nos. 2 and 3 has submitted that he has no grudge or grievance against the present applicant now. 6. It appears that after considering the averments made in the present case and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicant, this Court vide order dated 17.4.2025 referred the matter to the concerned court for the purpose of verification of the compromise entered into between the parties. 7. It appears from the order dated 29.4.2025 (Annexure No. SA- 1) that the trial court has verified the compromise. 8. 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. 9. Accordingly, present application is allowed. Consequently, the entire proceedings, quoted above, are hereby quashed as far as it is related to the the applicant. 10. Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance. Order Date :- 15.5.2025 Shravan Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench