HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3411 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Chandan Verma, learned counsel for the victim and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the material placed on record. By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed for quashing of the chargesheet No. 01 of 2023 in Case No. 26 of 2025; State Vs. Dheerendra Singh, arising out of Case Crime No. 611 of 2023, under Sections 354, 506 IPC and Section 7/8 of POCSO Act, Police Station Hargaon, District Sitapur and well as entire proceedings in pursuance thereof, on the basis of compromise dated 07.03.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant FIR was lodged against the applicant. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing. Thereafter, vide order dated 24.04.2025, this Court had directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 01.05.2025. He submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. He submits that further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anurag Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Chandan Verma Dheerendra Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) proceedings against the applicant may be quashed. Learned counsel appearing for the victim has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite parties have no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicant 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 07.03.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 01.05.2025 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 applicant and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 07.03.2025 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. 26 of 2025; State Vs. Dheerendra Singh, arising out of Case Crime No. 611 of 2023, under Sections 354, 506 IPC and Section 7/8 of POCSO Act, Police Station Hargaon, District Sitapur, are hereby quashed. The compromise deed shall be part of this order. Consequences to be followed. The application is allowed accordingly. September 8, 2025 kkv/ A482 No. 3411 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench