HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 23164 of 2025 Court No. - 92 HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. The present application under Section - 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred as 'BNSS') has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 17.12.2024 and cognizance / summoning order dated 23.04.2025, of Case No. 1516 of 2025 (State Vs. Lallu and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 442 of 2024, under Sections - 115(2), 352, 351(3), 110 BNS, Police Station - Mahrauni, District - Lalitpur, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mahrauni, Lalitpur, in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that on account of intervention of the well-wishers, a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and the said compromise will be filed before the Trial court concerned within two weeks from today. It is further submitted that proceedings of the aforesaid case may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that in pursuance of order dated 1.8.2025 passed by this Court, parties appeared before the Court concerned and submitted compromise on the basis of settlement acknowledged by the parties which has been duly verified. A report dated 11.9.2025 in this respect has been submitted by the ACJM, Mehrauni, Lalitpur wherein it is stated that parties have filed compromise which has Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Hanuman Prasad Kushwaha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Jay Prakash, Vijay Kumar Mishra Lallu And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) been duly verified in compliance of order dated 1.8.2025. Copy of verification order dated 22.8.2025 and copy of compromise have been filed which are on record The applicants have also filed copy of compromise and verification order passed by Court below alongwith supplementary affidavit. 6. The offence as alleged is of serious nature and may be categorized as serious offence. 7. Learned A.G.A. raised objection to the submission of learned counsel for the applicants but has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court below. 8. Hon'ble Apex Court in catena of decisions has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice as has been held in Gian Singh Vs State of Punjab, 2012 AIR SCW 5333, B.S. Joshi and others Vs State of Haryana, (2003) 3 SCC 675 and Narinder Singh Vs State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466. Hence, inherent power can be exercised to speed up the process of ending the criminal proceedings where the settlement is arrived at between the parties. 9. In view of the aforesaid and the fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further, which has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, therefore, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further. 10. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and consequently, entire criminal proceedings of the aforesaid case are hereby quashed. September 17, 2025 P.P. NA528 No. 23164 of 2025 2 (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) Digitally signed by :- POONAM PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad