SUBHENDRA SINGH AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/4185/2025 · 2025-08-27
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4185 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard Sri Rajesh Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Kshitij Singh,learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2,learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. By means of the instant application, the applicants have prayed for quashing the proceeding of case no. 8562 of 2019,(State Vs Subhendra Singh and ors.) under section 352, 506 & 427 I.P.C., pending before th Led Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faizabad.
Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that due to some misunderstanding the instant FIR was lodged and thereafter, the parties sat together and they have settled their dispute and that too, has been reduced in writing as a compromise deed dated
29.03.2025. Adding his arguments, he submits that now the parties have put their all disputes at rest by way of executing compromise deed and thus further criminal proceedings against the present applicants would be a futile exercise and amount to harassment of the applicants. Adding his arguments, he also submits that this Hon'ble Court vide
order dated 20.05.2025 has referred the matter for compromise verification in Application U/S 482 Cr.P.C. No. 4185 of 2025 and in compliance of the aforesaid order, both the parties have appeared Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajesh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Kshitij Singh Subhendra Singh And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
before the court below and the compromise deed dated 29.03.2025 has been verified in presence of all concerned parties and the order of verification was passed on 03.06.2025 by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,Ayodhya. He next added that now the matter has been compromised in between the parties, and as such the proceedings of case no. 8562 of 2019,(State Vs Subhendra Singh and ors.) under section 352, 506 & 427 I.P.C., Police Station-Kotwali Ayodhya, District-Ayodhya, may be quashed. On the other hand, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 has also supported the version of the applicants and submits that the parties have entered into compromise deed and now there is no dispute in between the parties and thus the criminal proceeding against the applicant may be dropped. On the other hand, learned AGA appearing for the State has no objection to the contentions aforesaid. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 29.03.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 03.06.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned case, arising out of aforementioned case no. 8562 of 2019. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 29.03.2025 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 Judgements 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
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Resultantly, the proceedings of case no.
8562 of 2019,(State Vs Subhendra Singh and ors.) under section 352, 506 & 427 I.P.C., Police Station-Kotwali Ayodhya, District-Ayodhya,are hereby quashed. The compromise deed shall be part of this order. Consequences to be followed. The application is allowed accordingly. August 27, 2025 AKS A482 No. 4185 of 2025 3 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ KRISHNA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench