HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 13336 of 2026 Court No. - 47 HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J. HON'BLE DEVENDRA SINGH-I, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the State, Sri Aman Arya, learned counsel for respondent No. 4 and perused the record. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that on account of monetary dispute between the parties, the impugned FIR was lodged. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has next submitted that impugned FIR was challenged by the petitioner by filing the instant writ petition before this Hon'ble Court and this Court, with the consent of the parties, had referred the matter to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court in order to enable the parties to explore the possibility of settling the dispute through mediation vide order dated 09.06.2026. 4. Pursuant to the said order dated 09.06.2026, the parties appeared before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and thereafter, with the help of the Mediators, the dispute between the parties has been amicably and genuinely resolved and in this regard, a Settlement Agreement dated 07.08.2026 has also been drawn between the parties, a copy of which has been forwarded to this Court and is placed on record, which shall form part of this writ petition. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has next submitted that terms of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jitendra Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Aman Arya, G.A. Puttu Lal Gupta .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) the settlement agreement made between the parties has also been fulfilled by the parties and now, there remains no liability against each other. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner has next submitted that in view of the terms of settlement agreement made between the parties, the impugned FIR be quashed. 7. Learned counsel for the respondent no.4 has also appeared and has acknowledged the said settlement agreement and has further stated that the entire terms of settlement agreement has been satisfied and there remains no liability against each other. 8. Learned counsel for the respondent no.4, on instructions, has further submitted that he has no objection if the impugned FIR qua the petitioner is quashed. 9. Learned AGA for the State could not dispute the aforesaid facts. 10. This Court is not unmindful of the judgements of the Hon'ble Apex Court passed in the cases of Narinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466, Parbatbhai Aahir Vs. State of Gujarat, (2017) 9 SCC 641 and State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan, (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 Hon'ble Apex Court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail. 11. 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. 12. Accordingly, the entire proceedings of impugned FIR dated 17.12.2025 giving rise to Case Crime No. 604 of 2025, under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023 and Section 66(D) of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, CRLP No. 13336 of 2026 2 Police Station Jalalabad, District Shahjahanpur, are quashed. 13. The instant writ petition stands allowed. September 29, 2026 R CRLP No. 13336 of 2026 3 (Devendra Singh-I,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM ASARE MORYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad