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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 24120 of 2025 Court No. - 92 HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and perused the record. 2. This application u/s 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as 'BNSS') has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings of Case No. 418 of 2025 (State Vs. Yunus), arising out of Case Crime No.737 of 2024, under Sections 75(1), 79 BNS, P.S.- Badaut, District- Baghpat as well as charge-sheet dated 23.11.2024 and summoning order dated 10.01.2025. 3. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the matter relates to a private dispute between the parties and that both parties have amicably settled their dispute and entered into a compromise. He further submits that the offences alleged are analogous to Sections 354-A and 509 of the I.P.C., which are punishable with a maximum imprisonment of three years. He next submits that the proceedings pending before the Trial Court may kindly be quashed on the basis of the compromise. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant as well as opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 10.07.2025 a direction was given to the court below to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, learned court below had verified the contents of compromise. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Kumar Kushwaha, Manish Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Viveka Nand Maurya, G.A. Yunus .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
5. Learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the court below vide report dated 24.07.2025. 6. Learned A.G.A. has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court below. 7. 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. 8. In view of the aforesaid and the fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further, the matter is purely of personal nature, 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. 9. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and entire proceedings of Case No. 418 of 2025 (State Vs. Yunus), arising out of Case Crime No.737 of 2024, under Sections 75(1), 79 BNS, P.S.- Badaut, District- Baghpat as well as charge-sheet dated 23.11.2024 and summoning order dated 10.01.2025 are hereby quashed. September 17, 2025 Amit NA528 No. 24120 of 2025 2 (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad