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2025 DAILYLAW 8839 (ALL)

ANNI BEGAM AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/1704/2025 · 2025-10-05

Vikram D Chauhan

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1704 of 2025 Court No. - 76 HON'BLE VIKRAM D. CHAUHAN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants to quash the impugned charge sheet dated 26.02.2021 along with Cognizance order dated 01.02.2022 and the entire proceedings of Case No.144 of 2022 (State vs. Mohd. Irfan @ Saddik and Another), arising out of Case Crime No.513 of 2020, under Sections 498-A, 504, 323 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station- Faridpur, District- Bareilly, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Faridpur, Bareilly. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the compromise has already been entered between the parties through mediation before Mediation Centre of this Court on 20.05.2025, therefore, the present case be finally decided. 4. Learned AGA does not dispute the fact that parties have entered into settlement which is duly verified by the court concerned. It is further submitted that he would have no objection in case criminal proceedings are put to an end. He further submits that in view of settlement there is virtually no chance of any conviction being recorded in the criminal proceedings. 5. Having examined the matter in its totality, this Court is of the view that the criminal proceedings in the present case had essentially been an outcome of a matrimonial dispute; and there are no such over bearing circumstances for which the applicants ought to be prosecuted even after the parties has entered into a settlement. Needless to observe that with the present stand of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajay Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anni Begam And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) the parties in terms of their settlement, there is practically no chance of recording conviction, even if the case under the F.I.R. in question is put to trial. In other words, entire exercise of trial would only be an exercise in futility. On the contrary, looking to the nature of dispute and the fact that the disputants have compromised and want to proceed peacefully ahead, it would be in the interest of justice that criminal proceedings in question are quashed. 6. It would be unfair or contrary to the interest of justice to continue with the criminal proceeding or continuation of the criminal proceeding would tantamount to abuse of process of law despite settlement and compromise between the victim and the wrongdoer and to secure the ends of justice, it is appropriate that the criminal case is put to an end. 7. In view of the fact that the parties do not want to pursue the case any further as stated by them and the fact that matter has been mutually settled between the parties in view of the compromise dated 20.05.2025 through mediation before Mediation Centre of this Court, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further. 8. Thus, in view of the well settled principles of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Parbatbhai Aahir 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 Narayan, (2019) 5 SCC 688, the proceedings of the aforesaid case is hereby quashed. 9. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is, accordingly, allowed. October 6, 2025 Gurpreet Singh A482 No. 1704 of 2025 2 (Vikram D. Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- GURPREET SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad