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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:19012 Court No. - 78 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 24585 of 2023 Applicant :- Sanjay And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Manoj Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Samit Gopal,J.
1. List revised. 2. No one appears on behalf of the applicants to press this application. Sri Birendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the State is present. 3. The matter is thus being decided finally on the basis of records with the assistance of learned State Counsel. 4. Perused the records. 5. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with the prayer to quash the entire proceedings of Case No. 105932/2022, arising out of Case Crime No. 51 of 2022, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 495 I.P.C. and 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S.-Mahila Thana, District Ghaziabad, pending in the court of Civil Judge (Junior Division)/F.T.C.-I, Ghaziabad, on the basis of compromise between the parties with the further prayer to stay the further proceedings of aforesaid case, during the pendency of present application. 6. The matter was referred to the Mediation Centre of this Court vide order dated 28.9.2024 for making an effort between the parties for settling their disputes amicably. 7. As per report of Mediation Centre dated 28.09.2024 the parties have amicably settled their dispute and further agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them. 8. As per the office report dated 07.2.2025 a report from the Mediation Centre of this Court is on record. 9. 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 28.9.2024 between the parties and the Mediation succeeded. The parties have settled their grievances and even the dispute arising in the present matter. The parties have agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them, the said fact is mentioned in para 7(d) of the said mediation report. 10. 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. 11. 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 applicant(s). 12. The present application is allowed. 13. The impugned proceedings in the aforesaid case are hereby quashed. 14. Office is directed to communicate this order to the concerned court within two weeks from today. (Samit Gopal, J.) Order Date :- 10.2.2025 Naresh Digitally signed by :- NARESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad