Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:100846 Court No. - 76 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 20923 of 2025 Applicant :- Manish Sonkar And 7 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The present application has been filed by the applicants for quashing the charge sheet dated 18-12-2018 and cognizance/summon dated 14-01-2019 along with entire proceeding of Case No. 30 of 2019 (State Vs. Manish Sonkar and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 180 of 2018 against the applicant no.1 under section 498A, 376, 377, 313, 392, 323, 504, 506 IPC, applicant no. 2 under section 498A, 313, 323, 506 IPC, applicant no.3 under section 498A, 506, IPC, applicant no. 4 under section 498A, 313, 323 IPC, applicant no.5 under section 313 IPC, applicant no. 6 under section 376 and 354 IPC, applicant no. 7 under section 376, 354 IPC and applicant no. 8 under section 498A, 504 IPC, which is still pending before Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the compromise has already been entered between the parties on 24.08.2022 and the same has been verified by the court concerned on 04.02.2025, therefore, the present case be finally decided. 4. Learned AGA does not dispute the fact that parties have entered into settlement which is duly verified by the court concerned. It is further submitted that he would have no objection in case criminal proceedings are put to an end. He further submits that in view of settlement there is virtually no chance of any conviction being recorded in the criminal proceedings. 7. Having examined the matter in its totality, this Court is of the view that the criminal proceedings in the present case had essentially been an outcome of a matrimonial dispute; and there are no such over bearing circumstances for which the applicants ought to be prosecuted even after the parties has entered into a settlement. Needless to observe that with the present stand of the parties in terms of their settlement, there is practically no chance of recording conviction, even if the case under the F.I.R. in question is put to trial. In other words, entire exercise of trial would only be an exercise in futility. On the contrary, looking to the nature of dispute and the fact that the disputants have compromised and want to proceed peacefully ahead, it would be in the interest of justice that criminal proceedings in question are quashed. 8. It would be unfair or contrary to the interest of justice to continue with the criminal proceeding or continuation of the criminal proceeding would tantamount to abuse of process of law despite settlement and compromise between the victim and the wrongdoer and to secure the ends of justice, it is appropriate that the criminal case is put to an end. 9. In view of the fact that the parties do not want to pursue the case any further as stated by them and the fact that matter has been mutually settled between the parties in view of the compromise dated 24.08.2022, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further. 10. Thus, in view of the well settled principles of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Parbatbhai Aahir 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 Narayan, (2019) 5 SCC 688, the proceedings of the aforesaid case is hereby quashed. 11. The present application is, accordingly, allowed. Order Date :- 1.7.2025 S.Prakash Digitally signed by :- SHASHI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad