HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9390 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 Rajesh Kumar, Advocate who has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party no. 2 by filing vakalatnama which is taken on record. By means of the instant application, the applicants have prayed to quash set- aside/quash the entire proceedings arising out of F.I.R./ Case Crime No. 678 of 2020, Under Sections- 419,420,467,468,471,506 I.P.C., Police Station- Mohanlalganj, District- Lucknow, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IIIrd, Lucknow. The learned counsel for the applicants submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant FIR was lodged against the applicants and thereafter, the parties have amicably settled their dispute by means of compromise deed dated 1.9.2025. He added that thereafter the applicants filed the instant application for direction to the trial Court to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance of the order dated 15.9.2025, the verification was done and report has been submitted to this Court vide order dated 10.10.2025. 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. 678 of 2020 may be quashed. 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sudhir Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Smt. Sarla Devi And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 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 arising out of Case Crime No. 678 of 2020 are hereby quashed. The compromise deed shall be the part of this order. The application is allowed accordingly. November 10, 2025 Shravan A482 No. 9390 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Bharti,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench