SHASHWAT SINGH AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME CIVIL SECTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/8323/2025 · 2025-09-25
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8323 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.
1. Vakalatnama filed by Sri Hemant Kumar, Advocate, on behalf of opposite party no.2 is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Hemant Kumar, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the record. 3. The instant application has been filed with prayer to quash the entire proceeding of the Crl. Case No.12631/2021, Case Crime No.283/2020, U/Ss. 504, 506, 186, 353, 332 IPC, P.S. Gomtinagar, District- Lucknow (State Vs. Shashwat Singh and others), on the basis of Compromise as well as verification order passed by the court of C.J.M. Lucknow, contained as annexure no.1 & 2 respectively with a further prayer to stay the further proceeding of the Crl. Case No.12631/2021, Case Crime No.283/2020, U/Ss. 504, 506, 186, 353, 332 IPC, P.S. Gomtinagar, District- Lucknow (State Vs. Shashwat Singh and others), during the pendency of the present Application, on the basis of compromise executed between the parties on 10.07.2025
4. 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 10.07.2025. Thereafter, the applicants filed an Application U/S 482 No.6696, of 2025, wherein this Court has directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on
04.09.2025. 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 arising out of Case Crime Crime No.283 of 2020 may be quashed. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Digvijai Singh, Dharmendra Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shashwat Singh And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Civil Sectt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
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. 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 10.07.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 04.09.2025 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 Crime No.283 of 2020. 8. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 10.07.2025 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. 9. Accordingly, the entire criminal proceedings of Crl. Case No.12631/2021, arising out of Case Crime No.283/2020, U/Ss. 504, 506, 186, 353, 332 IPC, P.S. Gomtinagar, District- Lucknow (State Vs. Shashwat Singh and others) are hereby quashed. 10. The compromise shall be part of this order. 11. The application is allowed accordingly. 12. Consigned to records. September 25, 2025 Haseen U. A482 No. 8323 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- HASEENUDDIN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench