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RAJ PRATAP SINGH AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

A482/9715/2025 · 2025-11-17

Zafeer Ahmad

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9715 of 2025 Court No. - 31 HON'BLE ZAFEER AHMAD, J. 1. Power filed by Sri Shivam Srivastava, learned counsel on behalf of the opposite party nos. 2 and 3 is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and learned counsel appearing for the opposite party nos. 2 and 3. 3. The present application has been filed with a prayer to quash the entire proceedings of criminal case no. 5300 of 2020 arising out of case crime no. 178 of 2019 under Sections 392, 323, 352, 427, 147 I.P.C. and Section 7 Crl. Law Amendment Act, police station Bhiti, district Ambedkar Nagar as well as the summoning order dated 10.9.2020 and the charge-sheet no. 01.2020 submitted therein. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for opposite party nos. 2 and 3 jointly submit that in pursuance of the earlier order dated 28.8.2025 passed in Application u/s 482 No. 7110 of 2025, the matter was sent before the court below for verification of the compromise deed. 5. It is evident from the record that the factum of the compromise has been verified by the court below vide his report dated4.10.2025. The compromise deed is appended as Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akash Tiwari, Arpit Dwivedi, Subhash Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Raj Pratap Singh And 4 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Annexure 5 to the application, which goes to show that opposite party nos. 2 and 3 does not want to prosecute the applicant. 6. Learned A.G.A. fairly concedes that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court below. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed. 10. Entire proceedings of criminal case no. 5300 of 2020 arising out of case crime no. 178 of 2019 under Sections 392, 323, 352, 427, 147 I.P.C. and Section 7 Crl. Law Amendment Act, police station Bhiti, district Ambedkar Nagar as well as the summoning order dated 10.9.2020 and the charge-sheet no. 01.2020 are hereby quashed. 11. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. November 17, 2025 kanhaiya A482 No. 9715 of 2025 2 (Zafeer Ahmad,J.) Digitally signed by :- KANHAIYA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench