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NARENDRA SINGH AND 7 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/8649/2025 · 2025-10-10

Rajeev Singh

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8649 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J. 1. Vakalatnama filed by Shri Alok Singh, Advocate on behalf of the opposite party No.2 is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the record. 3. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the entire criminal proceeding of Criminal case no.314/2022 State versus Narendra Singh, police station Munshiganj, District Amethi arising out of FIR No.372/2015, under section 147,323,324,506 I.P.C, police station Munshiganj, District Amethiand pending before ACJ (SD) First/Civil Judge (Sr.Div) Sultanpur including the Charge sheet no79/2015 dated 12.10.2015 (Annexure no.1) and further be pleased to stay the entire proceeding of Case Crime no.372/2015, State vs. Narendra Singhand others pending in the court of ACJ (SD)First/Civil Judge (Sr.Div) Sultanpuri during the pendency of the instant petition, in the interest of justice. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned counsel for opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 09.09.2025 a direction was given to the trial court to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, learned trial court had verified the contents of compromise. 5. Learned counsel for the applicants and learned counsel for opposite party Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lakshmana Singh, Rahul Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Narendra Singh And 7 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) no. 2 jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the trial court vide report/order dated 18.09.2025. 6. Learned A.G.A. has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the trial court. 7. Hon'ble Apex Court in catena of decisions has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice as has been held in 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. 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. 8. In view of the aforesaid and the fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further, the matter is purely of personal nature which has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, therefore, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further. 9. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and entire criminal proceeding of Criminal case no.314/2022 State versus Narendra Singh, police station Munshiganj, District Amethi arising out of FIR No.372/2015, under section 147,323,324,506 I.P.C, police station Munshiganj, District Amethiand pending before ACJ (SD) First/Civil Judge (Sr.Div) Sultanpur including the Charge sheet no79/2015 dated 12.10.2015 (Annexure no.1) are hereby quashed. 10. Office is directed to communicate this order to learned trial Court, forthwith. October 10, 2025 Anurag A482 No. 8649 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench