TRIBHUWAN NATH PANDEY AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND 6 OTHERS
A482/26503/2024 · 2025-03-09
Raj Beer Singh
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:35012 Court No. - 73 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 26503 of 2024 Applicant :- Tribhuwan Nath Pandey And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Shiv Bahadur Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
1. Certified copy of compromise verification report is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsel for applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.
3. This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings of S.T. No. 196 of 2016 (State Vs. Tribhuwan Nath Pandey and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 261 of 2012, under Sections 147, 148, 452, 308, 323, 427 I.P.C., Police Station - Nawabganj, District - Prayagraj, pending in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Room No. 06, Prayagraj.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that both the parties belong to one and same extended family and there was some property dispute between them. The incident in question took place under misconception and both the sides have sustained injuries. None of the injured has sustained any serious injuries. During the pendency of this case, both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and compromised the case. In pursuance to
order of this Court, both the parties have filed compromise before the Trial Court, which has duly been verified. The complainant of the case has since passed away and his legal heirs / injured are part
of the compromise. It was submitted that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending and thus, the same may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.
5. Learned A.G.A. has no objection if parties compromise the matter.
6. I have considered the submissions and perused the record.
7. It is well settled that in appropriate cases criminal proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties. In the instant case, it appears that both the parties are resident of same place and they are stated members of same extended family. The complainant has since passed away. The injured persons / legal heirs of deceased complainant have compromised the case with the applicants. The compromise has already been verified by the Trial Court concerned. The applicants have no criminal antecedent. It was submitted that dispute between the parties is private in nature and if parties compromise the case, it would not have any adverse impact on society. Considering the law laid down in the case of State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, AIR 2019 SC 1296 and the facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed.
8. In view of the aforesaid, the entire proceedings of the aforesaid session trial against applicants, namely, Tribhuwan Nath Pandey, Anuj, Shailesh, Rajesh and Suraj are, hereby, quashed.
9. The application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed.
Order Date :- 10.3.2025 SK Srivastava Digitally signed by :- SAILESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad