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2025 DAILYLAW 41426 (ALL)

SMT. SUDHA AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/28698/2022 · 2025-08-18

Raj Beer Singh

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142995 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 28698 of 2022 Applicant :- Smt. Sudha And 4 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. Learned counsel for the applicants has filed supplementary affidavit today in Court, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned AGA for the State. 3. This application u/s 482 CrPC has been filed for quashing of entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 4.4.2019 as well as cognizance / summoning order dated 20.5.2019, of Case No. 28968 of 2019 (State v. Smt. Sudha and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 1177 of 2018, under Sections 147, 323, 336, 452, 504 IPC, P.S.- New Agra, District- Agra, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicants that the alleged dispute between the parties has taken place due to misconception and that now both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and the informant of the case does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. In pursuance to order dated 10.10.2022, passed by this Court, both the parties have filed compromise before the trial Court, which has duly been verified vide order dated 17.10.2022, the certified copy of the same is available on record. It was submitted that in view of aforesaid 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 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 informant does not want to proceed with the case pending before the trial court and thus, the impugned proceedings 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 CrPC. In the instant case, the dispute between the parties is private in nature. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have adverse impact on society. The informant of the case does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. There is nothing to indicate that applicants have any criminal antecedents. The compromise filed by the parties before the trial court, has already been verified by the court concerned. Considering the 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, the entire impugned proceedings, including charge-sheet & cognizance / summoning order, of the aforesaid case, against applicants, namely, Smt. Sudha, Lucky, Rahul, Shivam and Priyanka @ Billo are hereby quashed. 10. The application u/s 482 CrPC is allowed. Order Date :- 19.8.2025 Rama Kant Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad