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2025 DAILYLAW 176092 (ALL)

SADDAM HUSAIN AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/8280/2025 · 2025-12-01

Rajeev Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8280 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and perused the record. 2. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the charge sheet dated 06.05.2024, summoning order dated 09.09.2024 as well as bailable warrant dated 28.01.2025 passed in Case No. 83208 of 2024 arising out of F.I.R. No. 193 of 2024, under Section 496, 120-B I.P.C., P.S. Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for respondent no. 3 jointly submit that in pursuance of the earlier order dated 25.09.2025, the matter was sent before the Mediation Center of this Court and has become successful. 4. It is evident from the report of the Mediation Center dated 03.11.2025 that respondent no. 2 does not want to prosecute the applicants and both the parties have settled their disputes and arrived at an amicable settlement. 5. Learned A.G.A. fairly concedes that compromise has been effected between the parties before the Mediation Center of this Court. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Mayank Srivastav, Vijay Vikram Saddam Husain And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Hon'ble Apex Court, in catena of decisions, viz., Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab, 2012 AIR SCW 5333, B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana, (2003) 3 SCC 675 and Narinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466, has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice. Hence, inherent power can be exercised to speed up the process of ending the criminal proceedings where the settlement is arrived at between the parties. 7. In view of the aforesaid fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further and the matter has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter any further. 8. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed. 9. Charge sheet dated 06.05.2024, summoning order dated 09.09.2024 as well as bailable warrant dated 28.01.2025 passed in Case No. 83208 of 2024 arising out of F.I.R. No. 193 of 2024, under Section 496, 120-B I.P.C., P.S. Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow are hereby quashed. 10. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. December 1, 2025 VKS A482 No. 8280 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench