ABHISHEK SINGH AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/8118/2025 · 2025-09-24
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8118 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Arshad Hafiz Khan, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2, who has filed vakalatnama today and the same is taken on record and perused the record. 2. By means of the instant application, the applicants have prayed for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings of Case no. 38393/2020 Crime no. 531 of 2019 under Sections 504/506/452 IPC Police Station- Bakshi ka Talab District-Lucknow Pending before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VII Court no.31 Lucknow (State Vs. Abhishek Singh and others) as well as impugned summoning order dated 03.10.2020 and Charge Sheet No. 1/2020 dated 07.03.2020 contained in Annexure no. l and 2 to this petition. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. was lodged against the applicants. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing on 19.6.2025. Thereafter, the applicants filed an Application U/S 482 No. 5974 of 2025 wherein this Court vide order dated 28.7.2025 has directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 19.8.2025 He submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. He submits that Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Kr. Sharma, Sunil Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Abhishek Singh And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal proceedings of Case no. 38395/2020 Crime no. 531 of 2019 under Sections 504/506/452 IPC Police Station- Bakshi ka Talab District- Lucknow may be quashed. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no.2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. 5. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. 6.
Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 19.6.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 19.8.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings relating to Case no. 38393/2020 Crime no. 531 of 2019 under Sections 504/506/452 IPC Police Station- Bakshi ka Talab District- Lucknow. 7. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 19.6.2025 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 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. 8. Accordingly, entire criminal proceedings of Case no. 38393/2020 Crime no. 531 of 2019 under Sections 504/506/452 IPC Police Station- Bakshi ka Talab District- Lucknow are hereby quashed. 9. The compromise shall be part of this order. A482 No. 8118 of 2025 2
10. The application is allowed accordingly. 11. Consigned to records. September 24, 2025 Anuj Singh A482 No. 8118 of 2025 3 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench