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eHIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 39218 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 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed to quash the charge sheet dated 08.04.2024 as well as summoning order dated 27.06.2024 passed by Additional District and Session Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act), Bulandshahr arising out of Case Crime No. 405 of 2023 in Special Session Case No. 860 of 2024 (State Vs. Shahid and Another), under Sections 341, 354(Kha), 504, 506 of I.P.C. and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station Khurja Nagar, District Bulandshahr, pending in the court of Additional District and Session Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act), Bulandshahr in terms of compromise dated 01.10.2024 entered into between applicant no. 1 and opposite party no. 2.
5. Learned counsel for the applicants states that an order was passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 19.08.2025 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 10.09.2025 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.
6. In this context, in the case of Ramji Lal Bairwa and Another Vs. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Shaafi, Shujauddin Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Shibli Naseem, G.A. Shahid And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
State of Rajasthan & Others, 2024, LiveLaw (SC) 865, it has been held that on the basis of compromise/settlement between the parties, the cases under the POCSO Act cannot be quashed.
7. From perusal of the records and the law laid down by the Apex Court on the subject matter, in Ramji Lal Bairwa (supra), the present case cannot be quashed on the basis of compromise/settlement between the parties, therefore, the present 482 Cr.P.C application is liable to be dismissed.
8. Accordingly, the present application is dismissed. October 9, 2025 PS A482 No. 39218 of 2024 2 (Tej Pratap Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- POOJA SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad