Court No. - 75 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 8447 of 2025 Applicant :- Kamal Singh And 5 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Brahma Prakash Tripathi,Satya Prakash Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- Ashutosh Tiwari,G.A. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard Sri Lakshmi Kant Singh, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Santosh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and Sri K.K. Tripathi, learned AGA-II for the State. 2. This application has been filed to quash the charge sheet dated 15.2.2023 and cognizance/summoning order dated 19.2.2025 as well as entire proceedings of Case No.9457 of 2025, arising out of Case Crime No.39 of 2023, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 354, 494 IPC and 3/4 D.P.Act, Police Station-Bilari, District- Moradabad, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 1, Moradabad. 3. Facts giving rise to the present controversy is the matrimonial discord between applicant no.1 and opposite party no.2 has culminated into the impugned proceeding, which is under challenge. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants and learned counsel for opposite party no.2 have jointly submitted that parties have settled their dispute amicably and their matter was referred to the Mediation Centre vide order dated 17.3.2025. In pursuance of that order, parties have appeared before the Mediation Centre and settlement agreement dated 23.3.2025 has also been entered into between the parties. Paragraph no.7 of the settlement agreement dated 23.3.2025 is being quoted as under: "क. यह कक अननज, गनधरर सससह @ भभरर, ससनरतर, महहश & ऊषष ( आरहदकगण सस. 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) भर मधयसथतष कह नद मम उपससथत हह तथष इस समझझतष मम अपनह- अपनह हसतषकर कर रहह हह। ख. यह कक पककषरर नह यह कथन ककयष हह कक पषरररषररक कररषद कह कषरण पककषर कदनषसक 29.01.2023 सह अलग रह रहह थह ककनतन कन छ समय पशषतत पकर कह मधय सहमकत बनर और दसनर पककषर पकत- पतनर कह रप मम फरररर, 2023 सह एक सषथ रह रहह हह तथष अपनह दषमपतय जररन कष कनरषरह कर रहह हह तथष आगह कसई कषयररषहर नहर चषहतह हह एरस अपनह मनकदमह कस समषप करनष चषहतह हह इस पकषर पककषरर नह एक 'सनलहनषमष' कदनषसक 22.03.2025 पसतनत ककयष हह जस इस समझझतह कष भषग हसगष सजसह इस समझझतह कह सषथ सलसग ककयष जष रहष हह। ग. यह कक दसनर पकर नह यह सनकनकशत ककयष हह कक रह कसई ऐसष कक तय नहर करमगह सजससह कक ककसर भर पक कस मषनससक र शषररररक रप सह कष / परडष हस। घ. यह कक शर कमल सससह ( यषकचकषकतषर सस. 1 पकत) आशसत करतह हह कक रह अपनर पतनर एरस बचचह कष पभरष धयषन रखमगह एरस उनकह खषनह-परनह, कपडह, खचर तथष अनय सभर जररतर एरस आरशयकतषओस कस पभणर करहगम। ङ. यह कक दसनर पककषरर कह सगह-समबनधर, दसनर कह शषसनतपभणर रहरषकहक जररन मम अनषरषशयक हसतकहप नहह करहगम। च. यह कक पकत नह यह सररकषर ककयष हह कक रह अपनर पतनर कष पभरष धयषन रखमगम तथष पतनर नह भर यह सररकषर ककयष हह कक रह भर अपनह पकत कष पभरष धयषन रखमगर एरस अपनह सजममहदषररयर कष कनरषरहन करमगर। छ. यह कक पककषरर कह मधय यह भर तय हहआ हह कक सभर रषद (civil & criminal) जस भर एक दभसरह कह कररद पसजरकक त/ करचषरषधरन हह, रह उन सभर रषदर कस उकचत उपषय करतह हहए समषप / रषपस करष लमगह। ज. यह कक पककषर एक दभसरह कह सखलषफ, इस रहरषकहक रषद कह ससदभर मम कसई नयष रषद दषसखल नहर करमगह।" 5. As the dispute between the parties has already been settled through mediation centre and settlement agreement dated 06.05.2023 has also been entered into between them wherein parties have decided to terminate the proceeding including the impugned proceeding against each other. In such circumstances, permitting to continue the impugned proceeding will amount to travesty of justice. 6. Thus, in view of the well settled principles of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court reported in 2003(4) SCC 675 (B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana), J.T. 2008(9) SC 192 (Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of investigation and another), (2012) 10 SCC 303 (Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab), (2014) 9 SCC 653 (Yogendra Yadav and others Vs. State of Jharkhand) and also (2014) 6 SCC 466 (Narendra Singh Vs. State of Punjab), and in view of the settlement agreement dated 06.05.2023, the proceeding of the aforesaid case is hereby quashed. 7. The present petition is, accordingly, allowed. Order Date :- 10.4.2025 Ujjawal Digitally signed by :- UJJAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad