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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18261 of 2025 Court No. - 46 HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J.
HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J.
1. Sri Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for respondent No.3 has filed an affidavit on behalf of respondent No.4 being his natural guardian, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the State, Sri Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for respondent nos.3 and 4 and perused the record. 3. This criminal misc. writ petition has been filed with the prayer to quash the impugned F.I.R dated 10.06.2025, arising out of Case Crime no. 559 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 115 (2), 352, 131 and 110 of B.N.S., Police Station - Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahr. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that petitioners and respondents are next door neighbours and on account of some misunderstanding, the impugned first information report was lodged, however, subsequently, with the intervention of respected members of both the family and the society, parties have amicably and genuinely resolved all their disputes and differences and now they do not have any grievance against each other. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners has next drawn the attention of the Court to a settlement agreement dated 01.8.2025 drawn between the parties, a copy of which has been annexed as Annexure No.4 to the affidavit. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners has next submitted that in view of the compromise made between the parties and in order to maintain cordial and harmonious relations between them, the impugned first information report qua the petitioners be quashed. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amit Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari, G.A. Bilal And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
7. Learned counsel for respondent Nos.3 and 4 has also appeared and has submitted that in the instant case the victim Yashdan has suffered injuries, who is a minor and is represented through his guardian -respondent No.3. Learned counsel for respondent Nos.3 and 4 has further acknowledged the said compromise and has submitted that in the given facts and circumstances, he did not want to pursue the said proceedings. 8.
Respondent No.3, on behalf of respondent No.4, in para 4 of the affidavit has further stated that the instant affidavit is being filed on behalf of respondent no.4 being his natural guardian. In paragraph 5 of the said affidavit, it has further been stated that in view of the compromise made between the parties, he did not intend to further press the present proceedings and the impugned FIR be quashed, qua the petitioners, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 9. Learned AGA for the State also could not dispute the aforesaid facts and has submitted that he has no objection, if the entire proceedings, qua the petitioners, are quashed
10. This Court is not unmindful of the judgement of the Hon'ble Apex Court passed in the case of Narinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Parbatbhai Aahir Vs. State of Gujarat, (2017) 9 SCC 641 and State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan, (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 Hon'bel Apex Court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail. 11. 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. 12. Accordingly, the impugned F.I.R dated 10.06.2025, arising out of Case Crime no. 559 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 115 (2), 352, 131 and 110 of B.N.S., Police Station - Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahr qua the petitioners is quashed. 13. This writ petition is accordingly allowed.
September 15, 2025 Kushal CRLP No. 18261 of 2025 2 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad