HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 20874 of 2025 Court No. - 79 HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J. 1. Heard Sri Manish Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records. 2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the charge sheet No. 41 of 2025 dated 12.03.2025 as well as Cognizance order dated 05.05.2025 and entire criminal proceeding of Criminal Case No. 36984 of 2025 connection with Case Crime No. 04 of 2024 under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station-Kotwali, District- Kanpur Nagar pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the applicants prays for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings mentioned herein-above on the basis of settlement agreement entered into between the parties on 07.12.2025 and a copy whereof is taken on record. 4. The law with regards to quashing of a case on the basis of settlement arrived between the parties, is well settled. The Apex Court in the cases of (1) B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another: (2003)4 SCC 675; (2) Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation : (2008) 9 SCC 677; (3) Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others: ( 2008) 16 SCC 1; (4) Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab: (2012) 10 SCC 303; (5) Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. And another: 2013 (83) ACC 278 and (6) Parbatbhai Ahir@Parbatbhai @ Bhimsinbhai Karmur and others Vs. State of Gujarat and another: (2017) 9 SCC 641 has held that the cases in which the parties have settled their grievances can be quashed. 5. From perusal of the records and the law laid down by the Apex Court on Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manish Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Aman Kumar, G.A., Shashank Mishra Anurag Kashyap And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) the subject matter, the present case is a good case for exercising powers by this Court to quash the entire proceedings as prayed for by the applicants. 6. The present application is allowed. 7. The entire proceeding of the aforesaid case are hereby quashed. January 13, 2026 SY NA528 No. 20874 of 2025 2 (Tej Pratap Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad