MOHAN SINGH @ KARUA AND 4 OTHERS v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER
A482/20060/2024 · 2025-09-14
Kshitij Shailendra
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 20060 of 2024 Court No. - 89 HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. Alongwith the same, a certified copy of duly verified compromise has been annexed.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State-opposite party No. 1 and Ms. Jigyasha Tripathi, learned counsel for opposite party No. 2.
3. The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicant for quashing the entire proceedings of Case No. 585 of 2020 (State vs. Mohan Singh @ Karua) arising out of Case Crime No. 375 of 2019, under Sections 147, 323, 308, 427, 452, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Dauki, District Agra pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, court No. 3, Agra in terms of compromise arrived at between the parties.
4. Taking note of the compromise arrived at between the parties, an interim order was passed on 09.08.2024, which was extended further.
5. Learned counsel for opposite party No. 2 does not dispute the genuineness of the documents annexed and submits that the proceedings of the aforesaid case may be quashed as the prosecution does not want to pursue the matter.
6. Considering the material available on record, the arguments advanced, as well as factum of amicable settlement between the parties and in view Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Surendra Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Jigyasha Tripathi Mohan Singh @ Karua and 4 others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and another .....Opposite Party(s)
of law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and Another (2012) 10 SCC 303 as well as Nikhil Merchant vs Central Bureau of Investigation, 2008 (9) SCC 677, as continuance of criminal case would amount to wastage of precious time and resources of judicial system, the present application deserves to be allowed.
7. Accordingly, the instant application stands allowed.
8. The proceedings of aforesaid case against the applicants are hereby quashed. September 15, 2025 Sazia A482 No. 20060 of 2024 2 (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) Digitally signed by :- SAZIA AQUIL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad