BHANU PRATAP SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
A482/4207/2025 · 2025-07-03
Om Prakash Shukla
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:37614 Court No. - 30 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4207 of 2025 Applicant :- Bhanu Pratap Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Akhand Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Himanshu Hemant Gupta Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, Shri Himanshu Hemant Gupta, learned counsel for the opposite party no.3 and perused the record.
2. By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed for quashing of chargesheet no.180 of 2010 dated 16.06.2010 under Sections 147, 406, 467, 420, 447, 504, 506 IPC in Case Crime No. 594 of 2009 police station Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow pending before ACJM-7, Lucknow.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that due to matrimonial disputes the instant F.I.R. 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 on 22.02.2025 which is annexed as Annexure No.4 to the application. Thereafter, in compliance of order dated 20.05.2025, passed by this Court, the parties have appeared before Court below on 03.06.2025 on which date the compromise deed was verified, copy of verification order is annexed as SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit, which is taken on record today. 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 proceedings arising out of Case Crime No.594 of 2009 may be quashed.
4. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.3 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.3 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid.
5. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 22.02.2025 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 criminal proceedings relating to Case Crime No.594 of 2009.
6. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 22.02.2025 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.
7. Accordingly, entire proceeding of chargesheet no.180 of 2010 dated 16.06.2010 under Sections 147, 406, 467, 420, 447, 504, 506 IPC in Case Crime No. 594 of 2009 police station Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow pending before ACJM-7, Lucknow are hereby quashed.
8. The application is allowed accordingly. . (Om Prakash Shukla, J.)
Order Date :- 3.7.2025 Arnima Digitally signed by :- ARNIMA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench