Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:24904 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2773 of 2025 Applicant :- Aishwarya Raghav And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Lalit Kishore Tiwari,Anuj Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Himanshu Shukla Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit has been filed today, bringing on record the certified copy of the order of verification passed by the trial court on 15.04.2025, in pursuance of the order of this court dated 02.04.2025, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A for the State and learned counsel for the respondent no. 2. 3. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C/528 of B.N.S.S. has been preferred with the following main prayer:- " Wherefore, it is most humbly and respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the entire criminal proceeding of impugned Criminal Case No. 110064/2024: State Versus Aishwarya Raghav & others arising out of charge sheet filed in case crime no.161/2021 U/s. 498-A, Police Station Mahanagar, District Lucknow pending before Learned Court of Judicial Magistrate First Lucknow and further be pleased to quash the charge sheet contained in Annexure No.1 to the petition. Otherwise the petitioners will suffer great irreparable loss and injury." 4. Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise dated 25.03.2025 (Annexure no. S.A- 2) entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 15.04.2025 (Annexure no. S.A- 2) in pursuance of the order of this court dated 02.04.2025 passed by this Court in the present case. 5. Learned Counsel for the respondent no. 2 have submitted that the respondent no. 2 have no grudge or grievance against the present applicants now. 6. Considering the averments made in the Application U/S 482 Cr.P.C, the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, it is found that the trial court, in pursuance of the aforesaid order of this court, has verified the compromise entered into between the parties vide order dated 15.04.2025. 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 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. 7. Accordingly, present application is allowed. Consequently, the entire proceedings, quoted above, are hereby quashed as far as it is related to the the applicants. 8. Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance. Order Date :- 30.4.2025 DiVYa Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench