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2025 DAILYLAW 86121 (ALL)

MANGAL AND 3 OTHERS v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/26377/2024 · 2025-05-27

Deepak Verma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:90961 Court No. - 84 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 26377 of 2024 Applicant :- Mangal And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Rakesh Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- Yogendra Mishra,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 entire proceeding of Case No.6897 of 2024 (State Vs. Mangal Pal & others), which arisen from the cognizance order dated 06.04.2024 passed by the Learned Court of Additional Civil Judge (S.D.)/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Jhansi, over the charge-sheet No.221 of 2023, dated 06.10.2023 submitted by the investigating officer in Case Crime No.183 of 2023, U/s 323, 504, 506, 325, 308 I.P.C., related to Police Station Raksa, District. Jhansi. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have amicably settled their dispute out of the Court. Both the parties belong to the same village. Injured- Shishupal received simple injuries but injuries sustained by injured-Pista Devi, are grievous in nature but parties have compromised the matter. Applicant approached this Hon'ble Court by filing this 482 application with prayer to quash the proceedings on terms of compromise entered between the parties, the Hon'ble Court vide order dated 20.09.2024 sent the matter to trial court for verification of the parties and compromise application. Trial court vide order dated 10.10.2024 verified the parties as well as compromise application and the same has been sent to this Hon'ble Court by the trial court vide letter dated 15.10.2024. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 compromised the matter and opposite party No.2 does not want to proceed the matter against the applicants. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have settled through compromise their private and civil dispute and as such opposite party no.2 does not wish to press the aforesaid case against the applicants. Opposite party no.2 is ready to withdraw the prosecution of the applicants and in view of the compromise, no fruitful purpose would be served if the prosecution is allowed to go on. 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 cognizance order dated 06.04.2024 passed by the Learned Court of Additional Civil Judge (S.D.)/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Jhansi, in Case Crime No.183 of 2023, U/s 323, 504, 506, 325, 308 I.P.C., Police Station Raksa, District. Jhansi, is hereby quashed. 9. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is accordingly allowed. Order Date :- 28.5.2025 Nitin Verma Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad