HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10903 of 2024 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Sri Praveen Kumar Pandey, Advocate has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 3 alongwith a short counter affidavit, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Praveen Kumar Pandey, learned counsel appearing for opposite parties nos. 2 and 3 and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the material placed on record. By means of instant application, the applicant has prayed for quashing of the chargesheet NO. 104 of 2017, dated 14.08.2017 in Case No. 2303 of 2018; State Vs. Ajay Singh, arising out of Case Crime No. 284 of 2015, under Sections 363, 366 IPC, Police Station Phoolbehad, District Kheri and summoning order dated 04.08.2018 and NBW dated 13.09.2024. on the basis of compromise dated 25.11.2024. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the instant mater. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing. Thereafter, this Court vide order dated 04.12.2024 directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 06.01.2025. 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 against the applicant may be quashed. Learned counsel appearing for opposite parties nos. 2 and 3 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vivek Shukla, Vikas Kumar Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Praveen Kumar Pandey Ajay Singh @ Chunnu @ Ajay Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite parties nos. 2 and 3 have no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicant may be dropped. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 25.11.2024 and said compromise has been verified on 06.01.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicant. In view of the above, as the applicant and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 25.11.2024 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. Resultantly, the proceedings of Case No. 2303 of 2018; State Vs. Ajay Singh, arising out of Case Crime No. 284 of 2015, under Sections 363, 366 IPC, Police Station Phoolbehad, District Kheri, are hereby quashed. The compromise deed shall be part of this order. Consequences to be followed. The application is allowed accordingly. August 28, 2025 kkv/ A482 No. 10903 of 2024 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench