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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 23137 of 2025 Court No. - 92 HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., and perused the record. 2. 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 08.01.2024 as well as cognizance order dated 06.04.2024, of Case No. 17140 of 2024 (State Vs. Anees and Another), arising out of Case Crime No. 0866 of 2022, under Sections - 420, 447, 448, 506 I.P.C., Police Station - Loni, District - Ghaziabad, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st, Ghaziabad, in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 3. 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 was verified in compliance of order dated 1.8.2025 passed by this Court and a report dated 14.8.2025 in this regard has been submitted, wherein learned Trial Court has stated that said compromise was already filed which was pressed on 14.8.2025 and in terms of direction of this Court it was duly verified same day. 4. Learned A.G.A. raised no objection regarding prayer made in the application filed under Section 528 BNSS for quashing of criminal proceedings in the aforesaid case in terms of compromise. 5. Hon'ble Apex Court in catena of decisions has held that inherent power Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vinay Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anees And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
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. 6.
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 any further. 7. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and consequently, entire criminal proceedings of the aforesaid case are hereby quashed in terms of compromise dated 19.5.2025 which was duly verified by the Court concerned. September 17, 2025 P.P. NA528 No. 23137 of 2025 2 (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) Digitally signed by :- POONAM PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad