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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:141422 Court No. - 77 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 6202 of 2025 Applicant :- Arvind And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Nitin Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- Mahima Sahai,Akhilesh Kumar Yadav,G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard Sri Nitin Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Akhilesh Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for opposite party no.2, Ms. Mahima Sahai, learned counsel for opposite party no. 3 as well as learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant petition has been preferred with prayer to quash entire proceeding of Criminal Case no. 215 of 2024 (State vs. Arvind and another) pending before learned Additional District Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Jalaun arising out of Case Crime no. 0077 of 2024 under sections 363, 366, 368 IPC and section 16/17 of POCSO Act, PS- Dakor, District Jalaun including charge sheet no. 02 of 2024 dated 2.12.2024 as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 21.12.2024 issued by learned Additional District Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Jalaun in Criminal Case no. 215 of 2024 (State vs. Arvind and another). 3. Learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned counsel appearing for opposite party no.2 jointly submits that on the request of parties the matter was referred to Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and by the efforts of mediator the mediation has been successful and it has been stipulated by the parties that they will withdraw all the pending cases filed against each other including the case connected with the instant petition and all the disputes have been settled in terms of the agreement. 4. It is also stipulated that the case filed by either parties against each other shall be deemed to have been decided in the light of the present settlement. The parties are not having any further claims or demands against each other and all the disputes and differences in this regard have been amicably settled by the parties. 5. Highlighting the report of the Mediation Centre which has been placed on record and is also appended along with order sheet, it is submitted that proceedings of the instant case pending before the court below should be quashed.
It is also admitted by learned counsel for opposite party no.2 that the terms of settlement have been complied by the parties and opposite party no.2 is not having any objection, if on the basis of settlement, case pending before trial court be quashed. 6. Learned AGA would have no objection if dispute between the parties is settled through the course of mediation. 7. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the record, it is evident that with regard to the above mentioned case pending before learned court concerned in shape of Case Crime no. 0077 of 2024, the instant application was moved by the applicants. However, the matter was referred to Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and the efforts of the mediator has resulted in amicable settlement between the parties. A settlement has been placed before this Court by the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Allahabad High Court (appended to the order sheet) wherein the terms and conditions of the settlement has been enumerated and it is categorically stated that the parties have settled the dispute and they do not want to prosecute each other and thus the prayer has been made by learned counsel for the applicants as well as opposite party no.2 to quash the proceedings pending before the court below. 8. Since the mediation has been successful and report has been sent along with original settlement executed between the parties, thus in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab reported in (2012)10 SCC 303, Shiji and others Vs. Radhika and others Manu/ SC/1341/2011, Manoj Sharma Vs. State of U.P. (2008)16 SCC1, entire proceedings of above mentioned Criminal Case no. 215 of 2024 (State vs. Arvind and another) pending before learned Additional District Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Jalaun arising out of Case Crime no.
0077 of 2024 under sections 363, 366, 368 IPC and section 16/17 of POCSO Act, PS- Dakor, District Jalaun including charge sheet no. 02 of 2024 dated 2.12.2024 as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 21.12.2024, are hereby quashed and set aside only in respect of applicants herein. 9. The settlement report of the Medication and Conciliation Centre shall be part and parcel of this order. 10. Accordingly, the application filed by the applicant under Section 528 BNSS is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 18.8.2025 Shaswat Digitally signed by :- SHASWAT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad