NEERAJ AGRAWAL AND OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
A482/15330/2024 · 2025-04-06
Raj Beer Singh
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:50174 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 15330 of 2024 Applicant :- Neeraj Agrawal And Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Garun Pal Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Satya Prakash Singh Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed on behalf of the applicants is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and learned counsel appearing for opposite party no.2.
3. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings, including summoning order dated 22.12.2023, of Complaint Case No. 3000 of 2023 (Rajesh Gupta v. Banke Bihari and others), under Sections 420, 406, 468 & 471 I.P.C., P.S. - Kavi Nagar, District- Ghaziabad, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 5 Ghaziabad, on the basis of compromise dated 16.4.2024 arrived at between the parties.
4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that dispute between the parties pertains to payment of money and now both the parties have amicably settled their dispute and compromised the case and the complainant of the case does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. 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 has concurred with
arguments of learned counsel for the applicants and submitted that both the parties have compromised the matter and they have settled all disputes. The compromise between the parties has already been verified by the Trial Court concerned. The complainant does not want to pursue the impugned proceedings and thus, the impugned proceedings may be quashed on the basis of the compromise between the parties.
6. It is well-settled that in appropriate cases criminal proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties. The dispute between the parties is private in nature. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have any adverse affect on the society. The compromise between the parties has already been verified by the trial court. Considering the facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed.
7. In view of aforesaid, the entire impugned proceedings, including summoning order, of the aforesaid case against applicants, namely, Neeraj Agrawal, Dashrath Gupta, Keshav Agrawal and Smt. Sunita Agrawal are hereby quashed.
8. The application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed.
Order Date :- 7.4.2025 Rama Kant Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad