HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4562 of 2024 Court No. - 30 HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J. HON'BLE PRAMOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. List has been revised. No one has appeared on behalf of opposite party No.4. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that on account of matrimonial discord, the impugned F.I.R. was registered, against the petitioners, which was challenged before this Court be means of instant writ petition. Pursuant thereto, this Court vide order dated 31.07.2024 directed the parties to appear before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court, in order to enable them to explore the possibility of resolving their dispute through mediation. 4. Pursuant to the said order dated 31.07.2024, the parties appeared before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and with the help of Mediators, the dispute between the parties has been amicably resolved and a settlement agreement dated 19.09.2024 has been drawn between the parties, a copy of which has been annexed with the record of this petition and shall form part of it. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners has next submitted that the pursuant to the said settlement agreement dated 19.09.2024, the parties have restored their relationship, and are now living peacefully as husband and wife and are leading a happy married life. He has next submitted that in view of the settlement agreement dated 19.09.2024 arrived at between the parties, the impugned F.I.R. and consequent proceedings thereto, if any, be quashed. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pramod Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Vijay Prakash Srivastava Santosh Singh And Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Others .....Respondent(s) 6. Learned A.G.A. does not dispute the aforesaid facts. 7. This Court is not unmindful of the judgements of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the cases of:- (i). B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another, (2003) 4 SCC 675. (ii). Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, (2008) 9 SCC 677. (iii). Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, (2008) 16 SCC 1. (iv). Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab, (2012) 10 SCC 303. (v). Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466. 8. Wherein Hon'ble Apex Court has categorically held that compromise can be made between the parties even in respect of certain cognizable and non-compoundable offences. Reference may also be made to the decision given by this Court in Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. and another [2013 (83) ACC 278], in which, law expounded by Hon'ble Apex Court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail. 9. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, as noted herein above, and also the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.G.A., this Court is of the considered opinion that no useful purpose would be served by prolonging the proceedings of the present case. 10. Accordingly, the entire proceedings of impugned F.I.R. dated 14.06.2024, arising out of Case Crime No.342/2024, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Mohammadpur Khala, District Barabanki, are hereby quashed. 11. The instant writ petition is accordingly allowed. November 15, 2025 Arvind CRLP No. 4562 of 2024 2 (Pramod Kumar Srivastava,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARVIND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench