1 2026:CGHC:18101-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 824 of 2026 1-Rahul Goyal S/o Rajesh Goyal Aged around 31 Years 2-Neeta Goyal W/o Rajesh Goyal Aged around 50 Years 3-Rajesh Goyal S/o Chaturbhuj Goyal (wrongly mentioned as Chaturbhuj( aged around 53 years 4-Sweksha Goyal D/o Rajesh Goyal Aged around 28 Years All the above petitioners are resident of Jaistambh Chowk, Ward No. 35, Ambikapur, District Sarguja Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate, Raigarh, Distt. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. 2 - The Superintendent Of Police Raigarh, Distt. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. 3 - The Station House OfÏcer P.S. Mahila Thana, Distt. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Garima Goyal W/o Rahul Goyal Aged around 30 Years R/o In Front Of State Bank Of India, Kotra Road, Thana City Kotwali, Distt. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Pragati Pandey, Advocate. For Respondent No. 1 to 3 : Mr. Shailendra Sharma, Panel Lawyer For Respondent No. 4 : Mr. Jitendra Pali, Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice 21/04/2026 1. Heard Ms. Pragati Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. Shailendra Sharma, learned Panel Lawyer for the 2 State/respondents No. 1 to 3 as well as Mr. Jitendra Pali, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4. 2. By this petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, the BNSS), the petitioner seeks for the following relief(s): “(i) Quash the FIR No. 29/2025 dated 07.10.2025 registered against the petitioners at Police Station Mahila Thana, Raigarh for offence punishable under Sections 85, 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and the consequent Final Report/Charge sheet No. 29/2025 dated 29.11.2025 (Annexure P-1) filed against the petitioners for offence punishable under for offence punishable under Sections 85, 3(5) of BNS, 2023. (ii) Quash and /or set aside the entire consequential criminal proceedings particularly the Criminal Case No. 1571/2025 (Annexure P/2) pending consideration before the Court of Judicial Magistrate Class-I, Raigarh (C.G.) including all the subsequent orders and incidental orders. (iii) Quash and/or set aside the cognizance order dated 02.12.2025 (forms part of Annexure P-2) passed by the Court of Judicial Magistrate Class I, Raigarh (C.G.) in the aforesaid criminal case. (iv) Any other orders in favour of the petitioners may be passed as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice.” 3. The facts, in brief, as projected by the petitioners are that the petitioner No. 1 and the respondent No. 4 are husband and wife whose marriage was solemnized on 09.12.2023 as per Hindu rites and customs. Petitioner No. 2, 3 and 4 are the father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister- in-law, respectively, of the respondent No. 4. On 11.09.2024, the petitioner No. 1 and the respondent No. 4 were blessed with a baby boy. Since some dispute arose between the parties, their relationship became strain and as such, the respondent No. 4 lodged a written complaint at Police Station, Mahila Thana, Raigarh making various allegations with regard to demand of dowry and treating her with mental and physical cruelty. On the basis of the written complaint, an FIR was registered 3 bearing Crime No. 29/2025 on 07.10.2025 for the offences under Sections 85, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. After completion of the investigation, the police filed its charge sheet on 29.11.2025 before the learned jurisdictional Magistrate on 02.12.2025 and the learned Magistrate took cognizance of the matter on the said date and the matter was posted on 12.01.2025 for arguments on framing of charge. 4. This Court, vide order dated 23.03.2026, directed the parties to appear before the High Court Mediation Centre to explore the possibilities of amicable settlement of the dispute involved herein. Pursuant to the said order, the parties duly appeared before the Mediator of the High Court Medication Centre on 07.04.2026 and 16.04.2026. 5. According to learned counsel appearing for the parties, the mediation proceedings was successful and the parties have arrived at an amicable settlement by way of a compromise dated 16.04.2026. 6. Ms. Pandey submits that since the dispute between the parties have been amicably settled, the FIR, the charge sheet and the consequential criminal proceedings pending before the learned Magistrate may be quashed as no fruitful purpose would be served if the criminal proceedings are allowed to continue. In support of her contentions, she places reliance on the judgments of the Apex Court in Manoj Sharma v. State : (2008) 16 SCC 1, B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana and others : 2003 (4) SCC 675, Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another : (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another : (2014) 6 SCC 466. 7. Learned counsel appearing for the other side do not controvert the above submission and submits that the parties have entered into an amicable settlement and resolved their dispute and that the respondent No. 4 4 would take back all the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners, subject to fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the agreement dated 16.04.2026. 8. From perusal of the mediation report, it transpires that the parties have settled their dispute amicably, as per the terms and conditions mentioned in the settlement/agreement dated 16.04.2026 and keeping in mind the ratio laid down by the Apex Court in Manoj Sharma (supra), B.S. Joshi (supra) and Gian Singh (supra) and also taking into consideration that the dispute between the parties from which the impugned FIR and the consequential criminal proceedings have emanated has been amicably settled before the Mediation Centre of this Court vide settlement/agreement dated 16.04.2024 and the parties have agreed to abide the said settlement/agreement, this Court is of the view that no useful purpose would be served in proceeding any further against the petitioners in this matter. 9. In that view of the matter, the impugned FIR bearing Crime No. 29/2025 dated 07.10.2025 registered at Police Station, Mahila Thana, Raigarh, for the offence punishable under Sections 85, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023, the final report/charge-sheet No. 29/2025, dated 29.11.2025 as also the consequential criminal proceedings being Criminal Case No. 1571/2025 pending consideration before the Court of Judicial Magistrate Class I, Raigarh, including the order dated 02.12.2025 taking cognizance, are quashed, subject to fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the compromise deed. 10. Consequently, this Cr.M.P. stands allowed. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Amit AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Date: 2026.04.22 13:59:37 +0530