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TEEKA RAM NISHAD @ TIKARAM v. THE STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

A482/7125/2025 · 2025-08-28

Shree Prakash Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7125 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. 1. Sri Sudhir Kumar Pandey, Advocate has put in appearance by filing Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party nos. 2 & 3 and the same is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Sudhir Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the party nos. 2 & 3 and perused the material placed on record. 3. By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed to quash the entire criminal proceeding initiated against the petitioner in pursuance of the impugned charge sheet dated 15.3.2023 arising out of Case Crime No.314/2022, Under Sections-323, 324, 504, 506, 308 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Ayodhya, District Faizabad/Ayodhya as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 30.5.2023 passed in Criminal Case No.7633/2023 in terms of the verified compromise deed dated 25.4.2024 and its verification report/order dated 31.5.2024. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that due to certain misunderstanding, 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 25.04.2024. Thereafter, the applicant filed an Application U/S 482 No. 4063 of 2024 wherein this Court vide order dated 03.05.2024 has Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rama Niwas Pathak Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Teeka Ram Nishad @ Tikaram .....Applicant(s) The State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 31.05.2024. 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 against the applicant may be quashed. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 2 & 3 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party nos. 2 & 3 have no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicant may be dropped. 6. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions 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 25.04.2024 and said compromise has been verified on 31.05.2024 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicant. 8. In view of the above, as the applicant and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 25.04.2024 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. 9. Accordingly, entire criminal proceedings against the applicant in the impugned charge sheet dated 15.3.2023 arising out of Case Crime No.314/2022, Under Sections-323, 324, 504, 506, 308 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Ayodhya, District Faizabad/Ayodhya as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 30.5.2023 passed in Criminal A482 No. 7125 of 2025 2 Case No.7633/2023 are hereby quashed. 10. The compromise shall be part of this order. 11. The application is allowed accordingly. 12. Consigned to the records. August 28, 2025 Mayank A482 No. 7125 of 2025 3 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench