HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7341 of 2024 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Arshad Jameel, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and perused the material placed on record. Instant application has been filed with prayer to quash impugned summoning order dated 10.02.2023 and the impugned Charge-Sheet dated 24.01.2023, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 & 506 of IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 arising out of F.I.R. bearing Case Crime No. 0205/2022, dated 30.10.2022, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 of IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of D.P.Act, 1961, P.S. Bazarkhala, District - Lucknow and all the proceedings arising out of the same, which is pending before the Ld. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-4th, Lucknow and is registered as Case No. 18546/2023. Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that vide order dated 22.08.2024, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court, wherein, both the parties appeared and they have settled their dispute amicably. He next added that the settlement agreement has also been executed between the parties and all the parties signed over there. Adding his argument he submits that now there is no dispute in between the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Neeraj Kumar Saxena, Gaurav Saxena, Jayaditya Rai, Jushi Saxena, Lalla Chauhan, Rajni Saxena, Rishi Saxena, Seena Saxena Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Arshad Jameel, Brijyendra Bhasker, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, Mohammad Naseem Rizwan Ahmad And Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Of Home, Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) parties and further criminal proceedings would be futile exercise and amount to harassment of the applicant and thus, submission is that the criminal proceedings against the present applicant may be quashed. Learned counsel appearing for the opposite party no. 2 has also supported the version of learned counsel for the applicants and submits that now there is no grievance remains in between the parties, therefore the criminal proceedings against the present applicants may be dropped. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. Considering the submissions of learned counsels for the parties, it transpires that there was certain dispute in between the present applicants and opposite party no. 2, thereafter, they sat together and have settled their dispute before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre and that too has been reduced in writing as settlement agreement dated 04.03.2025. This Court further noticed the fact that the Mediation Center has also sent its report dated 04.03.2025 whereby it has been reported that Mediation is successful and completed. A copy of the settlement agreement dated 04.03.2025 has also been enclosed along with the report of the Mediator. Resultantly, the criminal proceedings of Case No. 18546/2023 arising out of F.I.R. bearing Case Crime No. 0205/2022 under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 of IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of D.P.Act, 1961, P.S. Bazarkhala, District - Lucknow, summoning order dated 10.02.2023 and the impugned Charge- Sheet dated 24.01.2023, are hereby quashed. The settlement agreement dated 04.03.2025 shall be the part of this order. Consequences to be followed. Consigned to record. September 23, 2025 Mayank A482 No. 7341 of 2024 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench