Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:21684 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3271 of 2025 Applicant :- Ram Singh And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Home) Lko. And Anothers Counsel for Applicant :- Salman Abbas,Shahnaz Bano Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Syed Waqar Husain Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Shri Syed Waqar Hussain, Advocate has filed vakalatnama on behalf of respondent no. 2, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and Shri Syed Waqar Hussain, learned counsel for the respondent no2. The present case has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /528 of B.N.S.S. with the following main relief:- " It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to quash the entire criminal proceeding/Chargesheet arising out of Case No-5520/2010 Crime No. 1047 of 2010, Under Sections 419,420,467,468,471,120 B IPC Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki and set aside summoning order dated 30.9.2010 passed by Ld. ACJM 18, Barabanki in Case No- 5520/2010 Crime No.1047 of 2010, Under Sections 419,420,467,468,471,120 B IPC Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki on the terms of compromise, and or to pass such other and further order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case which is contained in as Annexure No-1. " Learned counsel for the respective parties have submitted that a compromise dated 07.02.2025 (annexure no. 6) entered into between the parties has been verified by the learned trial court by its order dated 20.03.2025 (annexure no. 3) in pursuance of the order of this Court dated 04.03.2025 passed in Application U/S 482 No. 1446 of 2025 (annexure no. 2). Learned Counsel for the respondent no. 2 has submitted that he has no grudge or grievance against the present applicant now. It appears that after considering the averments made in the aforesaid case preferred under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, this Court vide the aforesaid order 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 20.03.2025 (Annexure No.3) 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 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. 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 :- 17.4.2025 Ashish Digitally signed by :- ASHISH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench