Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:49059 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6791 of 2025 Applicant :- Prabhu Dayal Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Avnish Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, as well as Sri Priyam Kumar Singh, Advocate, who has put in appearance and filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 2 and perused the record. The Vakalatnama is takem on record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking quashing of the charge-sheet no.01/2020 dated 08.08.2020 filed in Case Crime No. 0259/2020, under Sections 457, 380 and 411 IPC lodged at Police Station Pachdeora, District Hardoi 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-5 to the application. The parties have confirmed the terms of the compromise. The compromise has been verified between the parties by learned Civil Judge (S.D.)/F.T.C., Hardoi vide order dated 21.03.2025 in compliance of the order dated 18.12.2024 passed by this Court in an Application U/s 482 No.11536/2024. 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 proceedings as continuance of the proceedings in pursuance of the criminal proceedings would be an exercise in futility. 6. 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, arising out of the charge-sheet no.01/2020 dated 08.08.2020 filed in Case Crime No. 0259/2020, under Sections 457, 380 and 411 IPC lodged at Police Station Pachdeora, District Hardoi, are hereby quashed. 7. The compromise deed shall be part of this order. 8. Consign to record. [Shree Prakash Singh,J.] Order Date :- 20.8.2025 MVS/- Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench