Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:47366 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3498 of 2025 Applicant :- Rahul Kumar And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Sectt. Lko And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Neel Kisan,Deepanker Kumar,Rashi Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Imran Ullah Khan,Shivani Maurya Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. Heard Ms. Rashi Gupta, learned counsel for the applicants, Ms. Shifali Rajput holding brief of Sri Imran Ullah Khan, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the material placed on record. By means of the instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the applicants have prayed for quashing of the entire proceedings of Case No. 35546 of 2015, arising out of Case Crime No. 87 of 2015, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 342, 494 IPC, Police Station Itaunja, District Lucknow, chargesheet dated 22.05.2015 and cognizance order dated 15.07.2015 passed by ACJM, court no. 31, Lucknow, on the basis of compromise dated 09.04.2025. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant FIR was lodged against the applicants. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing on 09.04.2025. She next submits that this Court vide order dated 08.05.2025 directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 16.05.2025. She submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. In support of her contention, learned counsel for the applicants has placed reliance of the judgment of this Court rendered in the case of Khursheed and another Vs.State of U.P. and Another passed on the Application U/s 482 Cr.P.C. No. 5525 of 2023 as well as in the case of Mahendra Kumar @ Mahendra Kumar Rawat and 3 others Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others on Application U/s 482 Cr.P.C. No. 3364 of 2025 and submits that further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal proceedings against the applicants may be quashed. Learned counsel appearing for opposite party no. 2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no. 2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 09.04.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 16.05.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicants. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 09.04.2025 and no grievance remains to be agitated and as such, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case are liable to be set aside in view of the Judgments of the Apex Court rendered in B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another (2003) 4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation (2008) 9 SCC 677; Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, (2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303; and Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466. Resultantly, the proceedings of Case No. 35546 of 2015, arising out of Case Crime No. 87 of 2015, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 342, 494 IPC, Police Station Itaunja, District Lucknow, chargesheet dated 22.05.2015 and cognizance order dated 15.07.2015 passed by ACJM, court no. 31, Lucknow, are hereby quashed. The compromise deed shall be part of this order. Consequences to be followed. The application is allowed accordingly. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 kkv/ Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench