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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142995 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 28784 of 2022 Applicant :- Shivam And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Deepak Kumar Patel Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Surendra Kumar Tripathi Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicants, is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Surendra Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 / complainant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
3. This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashing of the entire proceedings, of Complaint Case No. 2206 of 2016 (Dambar Singh Vs. Shivam and Others), under Sections - 452, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station - New Agra, District - Agra, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.
4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that applicant no.4 is daughter-in-law of opposite party no. 2 / complainant and remaining applicants are sons of applicant no. 4 and the matter relates to private dispute. Now both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the matter and the complainant of the case and the injured do not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. In the alleged incident, the complainant and the injured have not sustained any serious injury. It was submitted that the compromise filed by the parties before the trial court concerned, has already been verified by the court, copy of which is on record. It was stated that in view of these facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending
and thus, the impugned proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.
5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 / complainant has concurred with the
arguments of learned counsel for the applicants and submitted that both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the matter and the complainant and the injured do not want to proceed with the impugned proceedings pending before the trial court and the same may be quashed.
6. Learned A.G.A. has no objection if parties compromise the matter.
7. I have considered the submissions and perused the record.
8. It is well settled that in appropriate cases criminal proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise by invoking inherent powers enshrined under Section 482 Cr.P.C. In the instant case, the matter relates to private dispute between the parties. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have adverse impact on society. There is nothing to indicate that applicants have any criminal antecedents. The complainant of the case and the injured do not want to proceed with the impugned case against the applicants. The compromise filed by the parties before the trial court, has already been verified by the court concerned. Considering aforesaid facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed.
9. In view of the aforesaid, entire impugned proceedings of the aforesaid complaint case against applicants, namely, Shivam, Rahul, Lucky and Smt. Sudha, are hereby quashed.
10. The application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed.
Order Date :- 19.8.2025 S Rawat Digitally signed by :- SHOBHIT RAWAT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad