SIDDHARTH YADAV AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
A482/43244/2024 · 2025-10-14
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 43244 of 2024 Court No. - 82 HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2, learned counsel for the State and perused the records. 2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 27405 of 2021 (State vs. Prateesh @ Kartikey and others), Case Crime No. 741 of 2021, under Sections 365, 366 I.P.C., Police Station Sector 39 NOIDA, District Gautam Buddh Nagar, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar and also quash the charge sheet dated 15.03.2022 as well cognizance order dated 17.11.2021 and 25.05.2022 passed by learned C.J.M. Gautam Buddh Nagar. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants states that an order was passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 18.08.2025, directing the applicants to file the compromise deed before the court concerned which was to be verified by the court concerned. In pursuance of the said order, the court concerned vide order dated 08.09.2025 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 : Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prabhakar Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Amul Kumar Tyagi, G.A., Rajeev Kumar Tiwari Siddharth Yadav And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
(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. 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 entire proceedings, charge sheet as well as cognizance order as prayed for by the applicants. 6. The present application is allowed. 7. The entire proceeding, charge sheet as well as cognizance order of the aforesaid case is hereby quashed. October 15, 2025 Manoj A482 No. 43244 of 2024 2 (Tej Pratap Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- MANOJ KUMAR YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad