SONU SHARMA AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
NA528/25213/2025 · 2025-09-18
Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 25213 of 2025 Court No. - 92 HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today bringing on record the compromise verification report in Court today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and perused the record. 3. It is submitted that during pendency of the criminal proceeding, both the parties have arrived at compromise and settled their dispute amicably out of the Court. Therefore, instant application may be allowed and criminal proceedings may be quashed. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants as well as opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 01.08.2025 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. 5. Learned counsel for the applicants 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 18.08.2025. 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lavkush Kumar Bhatt Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Mohammad Zafar Yab Khan Sonu Sharma And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
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 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 proceeding of Case No. 5447 of 2012 with S.T. No. 136 of 2013 (State of U.P. versus Lalai and Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 216 of 2013 under Sections 323, 328,506 I.P.C. Police Station-Kamalganj, District- Farrukhabad are hereby quashed. September 19, 2025 SY NA528 No. 25213 of 2025 2 (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad