Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:18976 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2872 of 2025 Applicant :- Tehzeer Hasan @ Bablu And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Judicial Magistrate Sultanpur And 7 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rahul Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Rajendra Prasad Lodhi Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Shri Rajat Pratap Singh, Advocate has filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent nos. 2 to 8, which is taken on record. 2. The present application has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C (now Section 528 B.N.S.S) with the following prayer:- "Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that Hon'ble Court may Quash the Quashing the proceedings of the case having S.T. No-8319/2022(State versus Madhai and others), in Case Crime No-231/2020, U/S's- 323, 504, 506, 188, 269, 290, 147 I.P.C. and 3 Ependimic Act 1897, Police Station- Kudhwar, District-Sultanpur_now pending in the Court of The Learned Court of Additional Judicial Magistrate, Court No-21, Sultanpur on the basis of Compromise Deed dated 04.02.2025 which is verified by Learned Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (A.C.J.M.) Court No. 21, Sultanpur wide order dated 25.02.2025 annexed as Annexure No.-6 to this petition." 3. Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise deed dated 04.02.2025 (Annexure No.4) entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 25.02.2025 (Annexure No.6) in pursuance of the order of this Court dated 13.02.2025 (Annexure No.5), passed in Application U/S 482 No. 1349 of 2025. 4. Learned Counsel for the respondent nos. 2 to 8 has submitted that he has no grudge or grievance against the present applicants now. 5. It appears that after considering the averments made in the Application U/S 482 No. 1349 of 2025 and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, this Court vide order dated 13.02.2025 (Annexure No.5) 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 25.02.2025 (Annexure No.6) that the trial court has verified the compromise. 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, the dispute pertains to the individuals, due to which criminal proceedings were initiated. 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. 7. Accordingly, present application is allowed. Consequently, the entire proceedings, quoted above, are hereby quashed as far as it is related to 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 :- 4.4.2025/Mohd. Sharif Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD SHARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench