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MOHD JAVED @ UMESH GUPTA AND 5 OTHERS v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/24995/2024 · 2025-05-07

Deepak Verma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:74459 Court No. - 84 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 24995 of 2024 Applicant :- Mohd Javed @ Umesh Gupta And 5 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Brijesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the informant, and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed to quash the charge-sheet No.A15/19 dated 19.01.2019, cognizance order dated 06.10.2020 in Criminal Case N0.2776 of 2020 arising out of Case Crime No.494 of 2018, under sections 147, 336, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali, District Jaunpur, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jaunpur. 3. It is alleged in the FIR that the informant was going to civil court, then applicants stopped the motorcycle of the informant and beaten him. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. Applicants and opposite party no.2 (informant) amicably settled the dispute out of Court and entered into compromise. Thereafter, they filed this Application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. with prayer that since parties have amicably settled the dispute out of Court, therefore, the proceedings pending against the applicants be quashed in terms of compromise. Hon'ble Court by order dated 01.08.2024 directed the parties to appear before the trial court and trial court is directed to verify the parties as well as compromise deed dated 18.03.2019. Parties appeared before the trial court on 13.08.2024 and parties were verified through their counsels and compromise deed was also verified, therefore, verification report dated 13.08.2024 is filed, the same is on record. He next submitted that since parties have compromised the matter, therefore, the proceeding pending against the applicants be quashed and opposite party no.2 (informant) does not want to pursue the case further. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the opposite party no.2 does not dispute the correctness of the submission made by learned counsel for the applicants or the correctness of the documents relied upon by him. He submits that opposite party no. 2 has no objection, if the proceedings in the aforesaid case are quashed. 5. Learned AGA submitted that both the parties have settled their dispute out of the Court, hence, no reason to proceed further. 6. The Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Parbatbhai Aahir @ Parbatbhai Vs. State of Gujarat (2017) 9 SCC, 641, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303 and State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayanan (2019) 5 SCC 688, wherein Hon'ble Apex Court has categorically held that compromise can be made between the parties even in respect of certain cognizable and non- compoundable offences. Reference may also be made to the decision given by this Court in Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. and another [2013 (83) ACC 278], in which, law expounded by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, as noted herein above, and also the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the considered opinion that no useful purpose would be served by prolonging the proceedings of the above mentioned case. 8. Accordingly, the impugned charge-sheet No.A15/19 dated 19.01.2019, cognizance order dated 06.10.2020 in Criminal Case N0.2776 of 2020 arising out of Case Crime No.494 of 2018, under sections 147, 336, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali, District Jaunpur, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jaunpur, is hereby quashed. 9. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is accordingly allowed. Order Date :- 8.5.2025 SKD Digitally signed by :- SURJIT KUMAR DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad