HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9474 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J. 1. Vakalatnama filed by Shri Sharad Kumar Rao, Advocate on behalf of respondent no. 2 is taken on record. Supplementary affidavit filed by the learned counsel for the applicant is also taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 2. 3. The present application has been filed with a prayer to quash the charge sheet dated 22.03.2015 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case no. 922 of 2015 arising out of Case Crime No. 408 of 2014, under Sections 379, 323, 504 I.P.C., P.S. Kotwali Dehat, District Gonda. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 jointly submit that in pursuance of the earlier order dated 12.11.2025 passed in the present case, the matter was sent before the court below for verification of the compromise deed. 5. It is evident from the record that the factum of the compromise has been verified by the court below vide his report dated Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajesh Kumar Awasthi, Nitin Kumar Mishra, Vijay Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Paras Nath @ Paras Nath Goswami .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 01.12.2025 (annexed as Annexure SA 1 to the supplementary affidavit). The compromise deed is appended as Annexure 5 to the application, which goes to show that respondent no. 2 does not want to prosecute the applicant. 6. Learned A.G.A. fairly concedes that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court below. 7. Hon'ble Apex Court, in catena of decisions, viz., 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, has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice. 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 fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further and the matter has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter any further. 9. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed. 10. Charge sheet dated 22.03.2015 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case no. 922 of 2015 arising out of Case Crime No. 408 of 2014, under Sections 379, 323, 504 I.P.C., P.S. Kotwali Dehat, District Gonda are hereby quashed. 11. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. December 10, 2025 VKS A482 No. 9474 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench