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PRAMOD KUMAR PANDEY AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/9673/2025 · 2025-11-15

Tej Pratap Tiwari

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9673 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 2. The present application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.314/2020, arising out of Case Crime No.0038/2020, under sections - 420, 406, 506 IPC, police station - Patranga, District Ayodhya (so far as it relates to the petitioners) on the basis of compromise/ settlement dated 20.08.2025 held between the opposite party no.2 and petitioners (contained in Annexure No.4 to the petition). 3. Learned counsel for the applicants states that an order was passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 09.9.2025 directing the applicants to file the said compromise deed before the court concerned which was to be verified by the court concerned. In pursuance of the said order, the court concerned on 19.09.2025 verified the said compromise. Copy of the same is on record. The same is not disputed by learned counsel for the opposite party no.2. 4. The law with regards to quashing of a case on the basis of settlement arrived between the parties, is well settled. The Apex Court in the cases of (1) B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another: (2003)4 SCC 675; (2) Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation : (2008) 9 SCC 677; (3) Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others: ( 2008) 16 SCC 1; (4) Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab: (2012) 10 SCC 303; (5) Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. And another: 2013 (83) ACC 278 and (6) Parbatbhai Ahir@Parbatbhai @ Bhimsinbhai Karmur and others Vs. State of Gujarat and another: (2017) 9 SCC 641 has held that the cases in which the parties have settled their grievances can be quashed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bijendra Kumar Mishra, Rahul Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A. Pramod Kumar Pandey And 4 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. From perusal of the records and the law laid down by the Apex Court on the subject matter, the present case is a good case for exercising powers by this Court to quash the proceedings, charge sheet as well as cognizance order as prayed for by the applicants. 6. The present application is allowed. 7. The entire proceedings, charge sheet as well as cognizance order of the aforesaid case are hereby quashed. November 15, 2025 mks A482 No. 9673 of 2025 2 (Tej Pratap Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- MANISH SAXENA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench