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2025 DAILYLAW 54989 (ALL)

SHASHI SHEKHAR THAKUR AND ANOTHER v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/13792/2024 · 2025-07-23

Deepak Verma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:122023 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 13792 of 2024 Applicant :- Shashi Shekhar Thakur And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Siddharth Shanker Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants; learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.7865 of 2015 (State Vs. Manav & others) arising out of Case Crime No.970 of 2015, under Sections 354-ka, 354-घ, 504, 506, 182 I.P.C., Police Station Loni, District Ghaziabad. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have amicably settled their dispute out of the Court. Applicants 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 10.06.2024 sent the matter to trial court for verification of the parties and compromise application. Trial court vide order dated 26.07.2024 verified the parties as well as compromise application. 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 A.G.A. 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 he has no objection, if the proceedings in the aforesaid case are quashed. Learned AGA submitted that both the parties have settled their dispute out of the court, hence, no reason to proceed further. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Accordingly, the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.7865 of 2015 (State Vs. Manav & others) arising out of Case Crime No.970 of 2015, under Sections 354-ka, 354-घ, 504, 506, 182 I.P.C., Police Station Loni, District Ghaziabad, is hereby quashed. 8. The application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. Order Date :- 24.7.2025 Meenu Singh Digitally signed by :- MEENU SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad