HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9432 of 2025 Court No. - 23 HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, Shri Rakesh Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State, Shri Mohammad Alishah Faruqi, Advocate who has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party no. 2 by filing vakalatnama which is taken on record. The instant application under Section 482 CrPC has been filed with the prayer to quash the impugned charge sheet no.01/2020 dated 01.11.2020 as well as the further proceedings of Criminal Case No. 78155 of 2021 arising out of F.I.R./ Case Crime No. 13 of 2020, under Sections- 498A,323,504,506 I.P.C. & Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Hasanganj, District- Lucknow, pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist, Lucknow. The learned counsel for the applicants submits that the parties have amicably settled their dispute by means of compromise deed dated 8.1.2025. He added that thereafter the applicants filed the application before this Court for a direction to the trial Court to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance of the order dated 26.9.2025, the verification was done and report has been submitted to this Court vide order dated 14.10.2025. He submits that further criminal proceeding in the instant matter would amount to harassment and thus, the instant criminal proceedings arising out of Case Crime No. 13 of 2020 may be quashed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prabh Jot Kaur, Firdaus, Hershpreet Kaur Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pramod Kumar And 5 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Home Deptt. Thru. Secy. Lko And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicants and submits that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no. 2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicants may be dropped. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties and the said compromise has been verified by the court concerned and now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal case. In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise and no grievance remains to be agitated and as such, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case are liable to be set aside in view of the judgements of the Apex Court rendered in B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another (2003)4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation[2008)9 SCC 677]; Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others ( 2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303; and Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab ( 2014) 6 SCC 466. Accordingly, criminal proceedings with regard to Criminal Case No. 78155 of 2021 are hereby quashed. The compromise deed shall be the part of this order. The application is allowed accordingly. November 10, 2025 Shravan A482 No. 9432 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Bharti,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench