DRIGPAL SINGH @ DRAGPAL SINGH AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOME LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:45300 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6205 of 2025 Applicant :- Drigpal Singh @ Dragpal Singh And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Pankaj Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J.
1. Shri Amritansh Mohan, Advocate has put in appearance by filing Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party nos.2 and 3, the same is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, Shri Amritansh Mohan, learned counsel for the opposite party nos.2 and 3 and perused the record. 3. Instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./ 528 B.N.S.S. has been filed with the following relief:-
"Wherefore, it is, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No.28616/2024 State Versus Drigpal Singh and others pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-II, Gonda arising out of Case Crime No.372/2022 Under Section-323,504,506,308 I.P.C relating to Police Station-Katra Bazar, District-Gonda including the impugned charge sheet submitted by the investigating officer against the petitioners as well as impugned summoning order dated 05.06.2023 passed by Learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Gonda in the aforesaid case as contained in Annexure No.2 & 3 respectively to this petition."
4. The learned counsel for the applicants submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant FIR was lodged against the applicants and thereafter the parties sat together and has amicably settled their dispute which has been reduced in writing on 12.06.2025. He added that thereafter the applicants filed the instant application for direction to the trial Court to verify the compromise deed and in compliance of the order dated 19.06.2025, the verification was done and report has been submitted to this Court vide order dated 10.07.2025. He submits that further criminal proceeding in the instant matter would amount to harassment and thus the instant criminal proceeding arising out of F.I.R./ Case Crime No. 372 of 2022 may be quashed. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party nos.2 and 3 has also
supported the contention of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that parties have amicable settled their dispute and the opposite party nos.2 and 3 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. 6.
Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the contention aforesaid. 7. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 12.06.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 10.07.2025 and, now, as per the statement of
learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal case relating to F.I.R./ Case Crime No. 372 of 2022.
8. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 12.06.2025 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 466.
9. Accordingly, Criminal Case No.28616 of 2024 (State Versus Drigpal Singh and others), arising out of Case Crime No.372 of 2022, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 308 I.P.C, Police Station Katra Bazar, District Gonda including the impugned charge sheet as well as impugned summoning order dated 05.06.2023 passed by Learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Gonda are hereby quashed.
10. The compromise shall be part of this order.
11. The application is allowed accordingly.
12. Consigned to record.
Order Date :- 5.8.2025 Mohd. Sharif Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD SHARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench