MOTI LAL AND 3 OTHERS v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER
A482/19395/2024 · 2025-09-21
Yogesh Dubey Joint Registrar Judicial
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 19395 of 2024 Court No. - 89 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.
1. Heard Sri Shivendra Kumar Singh, Advocate, holding brief of Sri Sanjai Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Jagannath Gupta, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and Sri O.P. Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State respondents.
2. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred for quashing the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No. 438 of 2023 (State vs. Moti Lal and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 280 of 2022 under sections 323, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Mauaima, District Prayagraj pending before the court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Allahabad.
3. It is contended by learned counsel for the applicants that the applicants and opposite party no. 2 have entered into compromise and the same has been verified by the learned Court concerned and a report regarding the same is on record. It is also submitted that in view of the compromise arrived at between the applicants and opposite party no. 2, proceedings of the aforesaid case be quashed against the applicant.
4. On the other hand, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and learned A.G.A. for the State have no objection to the above submissions made by
learned counsel for the applicant.
5. In view of the fact that the applicant and opposite party no. 2 have entered into compromise and the said compromise has been verified by the learned Court concerned and a report regarding verification of compromise is already on record and keeping in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, AIR 2019 SC 1296 and the facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed in respect of the applicant. 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sanjai Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Jagannath Gupta Moti Lal And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.
6. In view of the aforesaid, the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No. 438 of 2023 (State vs. Moti Lal and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 280 of 2022 under sections 323, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Mauaima, District Prayagraj pending before the court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Allahabad are hereby quashed.
7. The application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. stands allowed. September 22, 2025 Madhurima A482 No. 19395 of 2024 2 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- MADHURIMA GARG High Court of Judicature at Allahabad