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2025 DAILYLAW 182296 (ALL)

MUZAFFAR HUSSAIN AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/10057/2025 · 2025-12-03

Indrajeet Shukla

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10057 of 2025 Court No. - 30 HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking quashing of the impugned chargesheet dated 24.07.2023, summoning order dated 11.01.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 4813 of 2024 (State Vs. Sajid Hussain and others) arising out of Case Crime No.119 of 2023, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Saadatganj, District Lucknow pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-Ist, ATS, Lucknow in the light of compromise dated 02.07.2025 entered into between the parties. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that in pursuance of the earlier order dated 24.09.2025 passed in Application u/s 482 No.2493 of 2024, the matter was sent before the court below for verification of the compromise deed. 4. It is evident from the record that the factum of the compromise has been verified by the court below vide its report dated 06.11.2025. The compromise deed as well as verification report are appended as Annexure Nos.4 & 6 to the application respectively, which goes to show that respondent nos.2 does not want to prosecute the applicants. 5. Learned A.G.A. fairly concedes that compromise has been effected Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sayyed Farooq Ahmad, Afzal Ahmad, Saurabh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Muzaffar Hussain And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court below. 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. Accordingly, the present application is allowed and the impugned chargesheet dated 24.07.2023, summoning order dated 11.01.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 4813 of 2024 (State Vs. Sajid Hussain and others) arising out of Case Crime No.119 of 2023, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Saadatganj, District Lucknow pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-Ist, ATS, Lucknow are hereby quashed. 9. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. December 3, 2025 Mohit A482 No. 10057 of 2025 2 (Indrajeet Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench