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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 33474 of 2025 Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJ BEER SINGH, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State. 2. This application under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as BNSS) has been filed for quashing of entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 13.12.2012 as well as cognizance / summoning order dated 08.01.2013, of Case No. 25 of 2013 (S.T. No.392 of 2014) (State Vs. Neeraj and others), arising out of Case Crime No.302A of 2012, under Sections 325, 324, 323, 506 IPC, P.S.- Ramala, District- Baghpat, pending in the court of Additional District & Sessions Judge- IVth, Baghpat, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicants that the alleged dispute between the parties has taken place due to misconception and that now both the parties have amicably settled the dispute and the informant of the case and the injured do not want to pursue the impugned proceedings. In the alleged incident, the injured have not sustained any serious injury. In pursuance to order dated 04.03.2025, passed by this Court, both the parties have filed compromise before the trial Court, which has duly been verified vide order dated 21.04.2025, the certified copy of the same is available on record. It was submitted that in view of aforesaid facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending and thus, the impugned proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection if parties compromise the matter. 5. I have considered the submissions and perused the record. 6. It is well settled that in appropriate cases criminal proceedings may be Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ram Raj Pandey, Shubham Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Neeraj And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties, by invoking inherent powers enshrined under Section 528 BNSS. In the instant case, the matter relates to private dispute between the parties. If parties compromise the matter, it would not have adverse impact on society. The compromise filed by the parties before the trial court, has already been verified by the court concerned.
Considering aforesaid facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed. 7. In view of the aforesaid, entire impugned proceedings, including charge- sheet & cognizance / summoning order, of the aforesaid case against applicants, namely, Neeraj, Mohit & Sunita are hereby quashed. 8. The application u/s 528 BNSS is allowed. September 11, 2025 'SP'/- NA528 No. 33474 of 2025 2 (Raj Beer Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad