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2025 DAILYLAW 53259 (ALL)

JAWAHIR AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/13251/2024 · 2025-07-27

Deepak Verma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:124362 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 13251 of 2024 Applicant :- Jawahir And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Hanuman Deen Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Santosh Kumar Verma Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard Shri Hanuman Deen Verma, learned counsel for the applicants, Shri Santosh Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the informant, and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed to quash the charge sheet dated 10.08.2021and cognizance order dated 28.04.2022 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 10150 of 2022 (State versus Jawahir and Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 214 of 2021 registered under Sections 323, 325, 504, 308 I.P.C. Police Station-Dudhara, District-Sant Kabir Nagar. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have amicably settled their dispute out of the Court. Applicant approached this Hon'ble Court by filing this 482 application with prayer to quash the proceedings on terms of compromise entered between the parties, the Hon'ble Court vide order dated 11.06.2024 sent the matter to trial court for verification of the parties and compromise application. Trial court vide order dated 23.07.2024 verified the parties as well as compromise application. Through letter dated 14.08.2024, the verification report has been brought on record. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 compromised the matter and opposite party No.2 does not want to proceed the matter against the applicants. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have settled through compromise their private and civil dispute and as such opposite party no.2 does not wish to press the aforesaid case against the applicants. Opposite party no.2 is ready to withdraw the prosecution of the applicants and in view of the compromise, no fruitful purpose would be served if the prosecution is allowed to go on. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the opposite party no.2 does not dispute the correctness of the submission made by learned counsel for the applicants or the correctness of the documents relied upon by him. He submits that opposite party no. 2 has no objection, if the proceedings in the aforesaid case are quashed. 5. Learned AGA submitted that both the parties have settled their dispute out of the court, hence, no reason to proceed further. 6. The Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Parbatbhai Aahir @ Parbatbhai Vs. State of Gujarat (2017) 9 SCC, 641, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303 and State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayanan (2019) 5 SCC 688, wherein Hon'ble Apex Court has categorically held that compromise can be made between the parties even in respect of certain cognizable and non- compoundable offences. Reference may also be made to the decision given by this Court in Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. and another [2013 (83) ACC 278], in which, law expounded by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, as noted herein above, and also the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the considered opinion that no useful purpose would be served by prolonging the proceedings of the above mentioned case. 8. Accordingly, the impugned charge sheet dated 10.08.2021 and cognizance order dated 28.04.2022 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 10150 of 2022 (State versus Jawahir and Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 214 of 2021 registered under Sections 323, 325, 504, 308 I.P.C. Police Station-Dudhara, District-Sant Kabir Nagar, are hereby quashed. 9. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is accordingly allowed. Order Date :- 28.7.2025 SY Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad