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2025 DAILYLAW 168780 (ALL)

NAVNEET @ SACHIN VERMA AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/10298/2024 · 2025-01-10

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:2027 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10298 of 2024 Applicant :- Navneet @ Sachin Verma And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Dinesh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Sri Saurabh Rastogi, Advocate, has put in appearance for the private opposite party no. 2 and has filed his Vakalatnama, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State of U.P. and gone through the record. The present application has been filed with a prayer to quash the entire the criminal proceedings of Criminal Case No. 85512 of 2022, 'State Vs Navneet & others', arising out Case Crime No. 0516 of 2021, under sections 323, 325, 504, 506 I.P.C. at Police., Police Station Gosaiganj, District Lucknow It appears that after considering the facts of the case and the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants including the dispute between the parties and the offence against the applicants, this Court vide order dated 21.11.2022 passed in APPLICATION U/S 482 No. 8480 of 2022 referred the matter to the concerned court for the purpose of verification of the compromise entered into between the parties. It appears from the order dated 02.02.2023 (Annexure No. SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit) that the trial Court has verified the compromise, mentioning therein that the parties were present and they have admitted that they have entered into an agreement voluntarily and their signatures have been verified by their respective counsels before the court. Considering the aforesaid as also the submissions made by learned Counsel for the parties as also the observations made by Apex Court in the case of Ramgopal and others Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2022) 14 SCC 531, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab [2012 10 SCC 303], Mohd. Ibrahim Vs. State of U.P., 2022 SCC Online ALL 106, Gold Quest International Ltd. Vs. State of Tamilnadu, 2014 (15) SCC 235, B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana, 2003 (4) SCC 675, Jitendra Raghuvanshi Vs. Babita Raghuvanshi, 2013(4) SCC 58, Madhavarao Jiwajirao Scindia Vs. Sambhajirao Chandrojirao Angre, 1988 1 SCC 692, Nikhil Merchant Vs. C.B.I. and another, 2008(9) SCC 677, Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, 2008(16) SCC 1, State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, 2019(5) SCC 688, Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Manoj Kumar and others Vs. State of U.P and others (2008) 8 SCC 781, Union Carbide Corporation and others Vs. Union of India and others (1991) 4 SCC 584, Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Principal Secretary and others (2014) 2 SCC 532 and Supreme Court Bar Association Vs. Union of India (1998) 4 SCC 409 as also the nature of dispute/crime, this Court is of the view that the present application is liable to be allowed as chances of ultimate conviction are extremely bleak and hence no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue. Accordingly, present application is allowed. Consequently, the entire proceedings arising out of FIR No./Case Crime No., quoted above, are hereby quashed qua the applicant(s). Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance. Order Date :- 10.1.2025 Mohit Singh/- Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench