Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:75669 Court No. - 64 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4593 of 2024 Applicant :- Aanchal Puri Alias Kangana Shidhu And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Jay Singh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Samit Gopal,J. 1. List revised. 2. Heard Sri Akhilesh Kumar Yadav, Advocate holding brief of Sri Jay Singh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Ajay Kishore Shukla, learned counsel for the State and perused the records. 3. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants- Aanchal Puri @ Kangana Shidhu and Rohan Sidhu, with the prayer to allow the present application and quash the entire proceeding as well as charge- sheet dated 06.02.2023 & cognizance / summoning order dated 26.06.2023 in Criminal Case No. 9098 of 2023 (State Vs. Aanchal Puri @ Kangana Siddu and 2 others) in connection with F.I.R. No. 162 of 2022, under Sections 420/406 I.P.C. and Section 66D I.T. Act, Police Station Sungarhi, District Pilibhit, pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, District Pilibhit. It is further prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to stay the further proceeding of the aforesaid case, during the pendency of present application. 4. The matter was referred to the Mediation Centre of this Court vide order dated 11.03.2024 for making an effort between the parties for settling their disputes amicably. 5. As per report of Mediation Centre dated 28.08.2024 the parties have entered into settlement dated 28.08.2024 in view of Interim Settlement dated 05.06.2024 and have amicably settled their dispute and further agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them. 6. As per the office report dated 17.10.2024 a report from the Mediation Centre of this Court is on record. 7. From perusal of the report of Mediation Centre of this Court, it appears that in pursuance of the said order the mediation proceedings were taken up which ended in a settlement dated 28.08.2024 between the parties and the Mediation succeeded. The parties have settled their grievances and even the dispute arising out in the present matter. The parties have agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them, the said fact is mentioned in para 6 (g) of the said mediation report. 8. 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 (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. 9. 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 proceedings as prayed for by the applicants. 10. The present application is allowed. 11. The proceedings of the present case as well as the summoning order/charge sheet are hereby quashed. Order Date :- 9.5.2025 AS Rathore (Samit Gopal,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK SINGH RATHOR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK SINGH RATHOR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad