Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:52530 Court No. - 84 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 30708 of 2024 Applicant :- Yogi Praveen Rai And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prabhash Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- Pradeep Kumar Sharma,G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants; learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2; learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed to quash the entire proceeding as well as impugned charge-sheets dated 21.08.2018 & 29.12.2018 and cognizance order dated 05.03.2019 in Criminal Case No.104 of 2019 (State Vs. Yogi @ Praveen Rai & others) arising out of Case Crime No.0518 of 2018, Under Sections 147, 323, 506, 386, 394 of I.P.C. so far as the applicant nos.1 & 2 are concerned & under Section 323, 506. 386, 394 of I.P.C. so far as the applicant no.3 is concerned, Police Station Lanka, District Varanasi, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First, Varanasi in light of the compromise entered between the parties dated 26.04.2024. 3. It is alleged in the F.I.R. that informant, who is student of Banaras Hindu Univesrsity met with applicants prior to one year. The applicants were also students of Banaras Hindu University. The informant started to talk with the applicants but the applicants prepared video of the informant and by editing the same started exhorting out money from the informant on the pretext of aforesaid video and demanded Rs.50,000/- and threatened that they will viral the said video. On 23.05.2018, around 6-7 pm. applicants along with five unknown persons reached the house of the informant and asked the informant to pay Rs.50,000/- otherwise they would viral their video. Upon objection being raised by the informant, applicants snatched Rs.5000/-. Counsel for the applicants submits that applicants are students and charge sheet has been submitted against them. Thereafter, the applicants and informant entered into compromise out of the court. The Co- ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 30.09.2024 directed the parties to appear before the court below within three weeks for verification and the court below was directed to verify the same. 4. Pursuant to the said order dated 30.09.2024, a report of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi dated 20.11.2024 has been submitted before this Court regarding verification of the contents of the compromise made between the parties. The same is taken on record. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant and opposite party no.2 have settled their private and civil dispute through compromise and as such opposite party no.2 does not wish to press the aforesaid case against the applicant. Opposite party no.2 is ready to withdraw the prosecution of the applicant and in view of the compromise, no fruitful purpose would be served if the prosecution is allowed to go on. 6. Learned A.G.A. and counsel for the opposite party no. 2 do not dispute the correctness of the submission made by learned counsel for the applicant or the correctness of the documents relied upon by him. 7. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, the applicant and opposite party no. 2 do not want to pursue the case any further as stated by them. The matter has been mutually settled between the parties, therefore, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further. 8. Thus in view of the well settled principle of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the matters of Krishnappa & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka; 2021 0 Supreme(SC) 529, Parbatbhai Aahir @ Parbatbhai Bhimsinhbhai Karmur and Ors. vs. State of Gujarat and another; 2017 9 SCC 641, B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana; 2003(4) SCC 675, Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Burea of Investigation and another; (2008) 9 Supreme Court Cases 677, Gian Singh Vs. Stated of Punjab; (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another; (2014) Supreme Today 642, the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No.104 of 2019 (State Vs. Yogi @ Praveen Rai & others) arising out of Case Crime No.0518 of 2018, Under Sections 147, 323, 506, 386, 394 of I.P.C., Police Station Lanka, District Varanasi, is hereby quashed. 9. This application under Section 482 CrPC is accordingly allowed. Order Date :- 10.4.2025 Meenu Singh Digitally signed by :- MEENU SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad