Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53598-DB Court No. - 46 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 3899 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ranjeet Singh And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Pandey,Satya Prakash Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Aditya Vishal Chaurasia,G.A. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned AGA for the State and perused the records, however, learned counsel for respondent no.3 has not appeared even in the revised call. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with the prayer to quash the impugned first information report dated 03.02.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No. 110 of 2025, under Sections 316(5) BNS, 2023, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Banda. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that on account of financial dispute between the parties, the instant criminal proceeding has been initiated against the petitioners by respondent no.3 by lodging the impugned first information report. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has next submitted that the impugned first information report was challenged by the petitioners by filing the instant writ petition. The said writ petition was heard by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and this Court after hearing the parties passed an order dated 04.03.2025, referring the matter to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court in order to enable the parties to explore the possibility of settling the dispute through mediation. 5. Pursuant to the said order dated 04.03.2025, the petitioners and respondent no.3 appeared before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court in order to explore the possibility of settling the dispute through mediation and with the help of the Mediators, the dispute between the parties was amicably settled and a settlement agreement dated 25.03.2025 was drawn between the parties, a copy of which has been forwarded to this Court and placed on record, which shall form part of this writ petition. As per the settlement agreement dated 25.03.2025, the following agreement has been arrived at: 7. The following settlement has been arrived at between the parties hereto:- (a) That the parties have amicably settled their dispute on the condition that petitioners shall pay an amount of Rs.35,000/- (Rupees Thirty Five Thousand Only) to the respondent no.3. (b) That today i.e. 25.03.2025, the Petitioners have produced a demand draft bearing no.233111 dated 24.03.2025 drawn on Punjab National Bank for Rs.35,000/- (Rs. Thirty Five Thousand Only) issued in favour of Raeesh Ahmad, and the same is being handed over to the Respondent No.3-Raees Ahmad and he is acknowledged the receipt of the same. (c) That it has been further agreed between the parties that after the payment of aforesaid amount, nothing remains due between the parties against each other in respect of Case Crime No. 110 of 2025, under Sections 316(5) BNS, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Banda. (d) That the Respondent No.3 shall have no objection, if the Hon'ble Court pleass to allow the present Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3899 of 2025. (e) That it has also been agreed between the parties that all civil and cirminal cases filed by them against each other regarding present dispute shall be withdrawn by the parties concerned by taking approopriate steps before the Court/authority concerned. (f) That the parties will not file any fresh case against each other in respect of this dispute. They have no claim against each other in future also. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners has next submitted that said settlement agreement has been drawn between the parties voluntarily out of their own free will and without any coercion or undue influence and now, they do not have any grievance against each other. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioners has next submitted that in view of the said settlement agreement and in order to maintain harmonious and cordial relations between the parties, the impugned first information report qua the petitioners be quashed. 8. Learned AGA for the State could not dispute the aforesaid facts and has submitted that he has no objection, if the entire proceedings are quashed. 9. This Court is not unmindful of the judgement of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, ( 2014) 6 SCC 466, Parbatbhai Aahir @ Parbatbhai Vs. State of Gujarat (2017) 9 SCC, 641, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303 and State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayanan (2019) 5 SCC 688, wherein Hon'ble Apex Court has categorically held that compromise can be made between the parties even in respect of certain cognizable and non- compoundable offences. Reference may also be made to the decision given by this Court in Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. and another [2013 (83) ACC 278], in which, law expounded by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail. 10. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, as noted herein above, and also the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the considered opinion that no useful purpose would be served by prolonging the proceedings of the above mentioned case. 11. Accordingly, the impugned FIR dated 03.02.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No. 110 of 2025, under Sections 316(5) BNS, 2023, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Banda, qua the petitioners is hereby quashed. 12. This writ petition is, accordingly, allowed. Order Date :- 11.4.2025 Subham Digitally signed by :- SUBHAM KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad