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UMA SHANKAR SHUKLA @ UMAKANT @ UMA SHANKAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. HOME LKO AND ANOTHER

A482/8184/2025 · 2025-09-25

Shree Prakash Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8184 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Rizwan Haque, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the record. 2. By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings of case No. 64986/2023 and charge sheet No.01/2023, arising out of case crime no. 455/2021, U/s- 406/420/504/506 IPC, police station-Gudmba, District Lucknow, (State v/s Murli & others) pending before learned Additional Judicial Magistrate, District- Lucknow as well as summoning order dated 26.04.2023. A copy of charge sheet and summoning order dated 26.04.2023 are being annexed herewith as Annexure No.2 & 3. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant 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 8.5.2025. Thereafter, the applicant filed an Application U/S 482 No.5381 of 2025 wherein this Court vide order dated 3.7.2025 has directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 4.8.2025. 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 of case No. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Santi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Uma Shankar Shukla @ Umakant @ Uma Shankar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 64986/2023 and charge sheet No.01/2023, arising out of case crime no. 455/2021, U/s- 406/420/504/506 IPC, police station-Gudmba, 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 applicant 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 8.5.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 4.8.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings relating of case No. 64986/2023 and charge sheet No.01/2023, arising out of case crime no. 455/2021, U/s- 406/420/504/506 IPC, police station-Gudmba, District Lucknow,. 7. In view of the above, as the applicant and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 8.5.2025 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. 64986/2023 and charge sheet No.01/2023, arising out of case crime no. 455/2021, U/s- 406/420/504/506 IPC, police station-Gudmba, District Lucknow, are hereby quashed. 9. The compromise shall be part of this order. A482 No. 8184 of 2025 2 10. The application is allowed accordingly. 11. Consigned to records. September 25, 2025 Anuj Singh A482 No. 8184 of 2025 3 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench