Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 38897 of 2022
Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJ BEER SINGH, J.
1. Second supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicants, in Court today, is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. This application under Section - 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 17.01.2021, of Case No. 1668 of 2021, arising out of Case Crime No. 208 of 2020, under Sections - 498-A, 323, 506 I.P.C. and Section - 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station - Mahila Thana, District - Muzaffar Nagar, pending in the court of C.J.J.D. F.T.C. (I), Muzaffar Nagar. 4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that applicant no. 1 is husband of opposite party no. 2 / informant and remaining applicants are family members of applicant no. 1 and the matter relates to matrimonial dispute. Now both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the matter and the informant of the case does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. In the alleged incident, the informant has 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 available 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. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohammad Faisal Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ansar Ahmad, G.A. Haseen And 5 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 / informant 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 / injured does not want to proceed with the impugned proceedings pending before the trial court and thus, 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 between the parties, by invoking inherent powers enshrined under Section - 482 Cr.P.C.. In the instant case matter relates to matrimonial dispute, which is private in nature. 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 informant / injured of the case does 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, including charge- sheet, of the aforesaid case, against applicants namely, Haseen, Smt. Kishwari, Zulfam, Bilal, Smt. Shama and Shanno, are hereby quashed. 10. The application under Section - 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. September 16, 2025 S Rawat A482 No. 38897 of 2022 2 (Raj Beer Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHOBHIT RAWAT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad