Jai Singh and others v. State of U. P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME and Another
A482/4562/2022 · 2025-08-27
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4562 of 2022 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and Shri Dheeraj Awasthi, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2, and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking quashing of the charge- sheet (Annexure-2) filed in Case Crime No.0175/2016, under Sections 387 and 507 IPC lodged at Police Station Kotwali Unnao, District Unnao and to quash the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No.9037 of 2016, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Unnao on the ground that the parties have arrived at a compromise/settlement. 3. Learned counsels for the parties submit that the parties have settled their dispute amicably outside the Court and they have arrived at a compromise. The compromise entered into between the parties have been placed on record as Annexure-4 to the application. The parties have confirmed the terms of the compromise. The compromise has been verified between the parties by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Unnao vide order dated 31.05.2022 in compliance of the order dated 16.05.2022 passed by this Court in an Application U/s 482 No.2669/2022. 4. I have considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. 5. Considering the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in the cases of B. S. Joshi and others versus State of Haryana and another :(2003) 4 SCC 675 , Nikhil Merchant versus C.B.I. and another : (2008) 9 SCC 677, Manoj Sharma versus State and others : (2008) 16 SCC 1, Gian Singh versus Station of Punjab: (2010) 15 SCC 118 and Narinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and another: (2014) 6 SCC 466, it would be appropriate in the facts and circumstances of the case to quash the criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akash Dikshit Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Anshuman, Dheeraj Awasthi Jai Singh And Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U. P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
proceedings as continuance of the proceedings in pursuance of the criminal proceedings would be an exercise in futility. 6.
In view of the fact that the parties have settled their dispute outside the Court by way of compromise arrived at between the parties and law laid down by the Supreme Court of India, the instant application is allowed and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.9037 of 2016, arising out of Case Crime No.0175/2016, under Sections 387 and 507 IPC lodged at Police Station Kotwali Unnao, District Unnao, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Unnao are hereby quashed. 7. The compromise deed shall be part of this order. 8. Consign to record. (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) August 27, 2025 MVS/- A482 No. 4562 of 2022 2
Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench