HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10205 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SAURABH LAVANIA, J. Sri Prashant Shukla, learned Advocate has filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of private opposite parties, which is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s), learned Counsel for opposite party nos.2 to 4 learned AGA for the State of U.P. and gone through the record. The present application has been filed for the following main relief:- "WHEREFORE, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to quash / set-aside the chargesheet dated 08.01.2018 (contained in Annexure no.04) and cognizance and summoning order dated 21.04.2018 (contained in Annexure no.05) in Criminal Case Special Trial No. 191 / 2018 arising out of case crime no. 1216/2017 under sections 147, 323, 504 I.P.C. (Akin to Section 191(2), 115(2), 352 BNS) and Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Police Station-Kakori, District-Lucknow as well as the entire criminal proceeding in Criminal Case Special Trial No. 191 / 2018, State of Uttar Pradesh Vs- Mukhiya @ Munna and Others arising out of case crime no. 1216/2017 under sections 147,323,504 of I.P.C. (Akin to Section 191(2), 115(2), 352 BNS) and Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Police Station-Kakori, District-Lucknow pending before Learned Court of Special Judge SC/ST Act, District - Lucknow, in the interest of Justice." It appears that after considering the averments made in the Application U/S 482 Cr.P.C. No. 8828 of 2025 and the documents in support thereof as also the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicant(s), this Court vide order dated 15.10.2025 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 10.11.2025 (Annexure No.3) 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anurag Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mukhiya @ Munna (Usman Mukhiya In I.D.) And 5 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 5 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 State of Karnataka Vs. L. Muniswamy and Others, 1977 (2) SCC 699; State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal and Others, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335; Prashant Bharti Vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2013) 9 SCC 293; Rajiv Thapar and Ors. Vs. Madan Lal Kapoor, (2013) 3 SCC 330; Ahmad Ali Quraishi and Ors. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. (2020) 13 SCC 435, according to which inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (akin to Section 528 BNSS, 2023) could be exercised to prevent abuse of process of any Court or otherwise to secure ends of justice, 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, according to which, in given facts, based upon the settlements between the parties the criminal proceedings can be quashed, 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 Criminal Case Special Trial No. 191 / 2018, quoted above, are hereby quashed qua the applicants. Office/Registry is directed to send the copy of this order to the court concerned through email/fax for necessary compliance. December 4, 2025 Jyoti/- A482 No. 10205 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Lavania,J.) Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench