Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:74432 Court No. - 84 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 32121 of 2024 Applicant :- Ramesh Kumar Shah And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Pankaj Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- Saurabh Mishra, Vineet Singh Parmar,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 charge-sheet No.106 of 2022 dated 12.05.2022, cognizance/summoning order dated 11.10.2022 and charge-sheet No.106A of 2022 dated 17.02.2024, cognizance/summoning order dated 16.05.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Etawah in S.T.No.844 of 2024 arising out of Case Crime No.137 of 2021, under sections 364, 120B I.P.C., Police Station Bharthana, District Etawah, pending in the court of District & Session Judge, Etawah, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Etawah. 3. It is alleged in the FIR that the applicants and named accused persons kidnapped the minor son of the informant. Thereafter, victim has been recovered. Charge-sheet has been submitted against five persons. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. Applicants and opposite party no.2 (informant) amicably settled the dispute out of Court and entered into compromise. Thereafter, they filed this Application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. with prayer that since parties have amicably settled the dispute out of Court, therefore, the proceedings pending against the applicants be quashed in terms of compromise. Hon'ble Court by order dated 20.12.2024 directed the parties to appear before the trial court and trial court is directed to verify the parties as well as compromise deed dated 05.09.2024. Parties appeared before the trial court and parties were verified through their counsels on 08.04.2025 and compromise deed was also verified, therefore, verification report dated 18.04.2025 is filed, the same is on record. He next submitted that since parties have compromised the matter, therefore, the proceeding pending against the applicants be quashed and opposite party no.2 (informant) does not want to pursue the case further. 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 charge-sheet No.106 of 2022 dated 12.05.2022, cognizance/summoning order dated 11.10.2022 and charge-sheet No.106A of 2022 dated 17.02.2024, cognizance/summoning order dated 16.05.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Etawah in S.T.No.844 of 2024 arising out of Case Crime No.137 of 2021, under sections 364, 120B I.P.C., Police Station Bharthana, District Etawah, pending in the court of District & Session Judge, Etawah, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Etawah. is hereby quashed. 9. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is accordingly allowed. Order Date :- 8.5.2025 SKD Digitally signed by :- SURJIT KUMAR DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad