HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8769 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J. 1. Vakalatnama filed by Ms. Aishwarya Piya, 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 proceedings of Criminal Case No.41196 of 2024; State Versus Markandey Dubey and others, arising out of Case Crime No.465 of 2023, under sections-498-A, 323, 354-Kha, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, relating to the Police Station-Mandiyaon, District- Lucknow, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate-III, Lucknow, as well as impugned chargesheet dated 1.1.2024, submitted against the petitioner no.1, under sections-498-A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, as well as the petitioners no.2 and 3, under sections- 498-A, 323, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, and the petitioners no.4 and 5, under sections- 498-A, 323, 354-Kha, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, by the Investigating Officer in aforesaid case crime number, as contained in Annexure no.1 to this petition, in the light of compromise, attained between the parties, in the interest of justice. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned counsel for opposite Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ankit Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Markandey Dubey And 4 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 26.08.2025 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 no. 2 jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the trial court vide report/order dated 06.09.2025. 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 proceedings of Criminal Case No.41196 of 2024; State Versus Markandey Dubey and others, arising out of Case Crime No.465 of 2023, under sections-498-A, 323, 354-Kha, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, relating to the Police Station-Mandiyaon, District- Lucknow are hereby quashed. 10. Office is directed to communicate this order to learned trial Court, forthwith. October 14, 2025 Anurag A482 No. 8769 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench