HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8158 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, as well as Shri Aman Kumar Gupta, Advocate, who has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party no. 3 by way of filing his Vakalatnama. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking quashing of the charge- sheet no.1/2023 dated 31.10.2023 filed in Case Crime No.0588/2023, under Sections 376, 504 and 506 IPC read with Section 3/4 POCSO Act read with Sections 3(2)(V) SC/ST Act lodged at Police Station Akbarpur, District Ambedkar Nagar and to quash the order dated 10.01.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Act, Ambedkar Nagar in Case No.15/2024 (State Vs. Anurudra Tiwari @ Little Tiwari), pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Act, Ambedkar Nagar 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 has been placed on record as Annexure-8 to the application. The parties have confirmed the terms of the compromise. The compromise has been verified between the parties by learned Special Judge, POCSO Act, Ambedkar Nagar vide order dated 25.08.2025 in compliance of the order dated 05.08.2025 passed by this Court in an Application U/s 6274/2025. 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. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ramkripal Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anurudra Tiwari @ Little Tiwari @ Anurudra Pratap Tiwari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(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. 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 charge-sheet no.1/2023 dated 31.10.2023 filed in Case Crime No.0588/2023, under Sections 376, 504 and 506 IPC read with Section 3/4 POCSO Act read with Sections 3(2)(V) SC/ST Act lodged at Police Station Akbarpur, District Ambedkar Nagar, including the order dated 10.01.2024 passed in Case No.15/2024 (State Vs. Anurudra Tiwari @ Little Tiwari), pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Act, Ambedkar Nagar, is hereby quashed. 7. The compromise deed shall be made part of this order. 8. Consign to record. (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) September 23, 2025 MVS/- A482 No. 8158 of 2025 2 Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench