MANISH VERMA AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. U.P. LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/9418/2025 · 2025-11-12
Tej Pratap Tiwari
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9418 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J.
1. Vakalatnama filed by Sri Rahul Yadav, learned counsel on behalf of opposite party no. 2 is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Mahesh Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the State and perused the record. 3. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding of Criminal Case No. 26869 of 2023 (State vs. Manish Verma and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 294 of 2022, under Sections 420/423 I.P.C., Police Station Kakori, District Lucknow, pending in the Court of Additional Civil Judge/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 20, Lucknow. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants states that an order was passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 27.08.2025, 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 02.09.2025 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. 5. 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mahesh Kumar Sharma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Manish Verma And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
(1) B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another: (2003)4 SCC 675; (2) Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation : (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. 6.
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 as prayed for by the applicants. 7. The present application is allowed. 8. The entire proceedings of the aforesaid case is hereby quashed. November 12, 2025 P.S A482 No. 9418 of 2025 2 (Tej Pratap Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- POOJA SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench