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2026 DAILYLAW 5566 (ALL)

DEVESH KUMAR AND 5 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

NA528/37359/2026 · 2026-09-07

Chawan Prakash

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 37359 of 2026 Court No. - 83 HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J. 1. Sri K.N. Tripathi, Advocate filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party No.2, is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Manoj Pandey, learned counsel for applicants, Sri K.N. Tripathi, learned counsel for opposite party No.2 and learned AGA for the State. 3. The present application under Section 528 B.N.S.S. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the charge sheet dated 16.09.2020 along with cognizance order dated 28.07.2021 passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Moradabad as well as entire criminal proceeding of Case No. 9990 of 2021 (State Vs. Devesh Kumar and others) arising out of case crime No. 107 of 2020, under section 498-A, 323 of I.P.C. and section- 3/4 of D.P. Act, at Police Station Katghar, District-Moradabad. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have amicably settled their dispute out of the Court. Applicants approached this Court by filing this application with prayer to quash the proceedings on terms of compromise entered between the parties, this Court vide order dated 7.7.2026, passed in Application U/S 528 BNSS No.24391 of 2026, directed the parties to appear before the trial court for verification of the parties and compromise application. Trial court vide order dated 21.7.2026 verified the parties as well as compromise application. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 compromised the matter and opposite party No.2 does Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Devesh Kumar And 5 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) not want to proceed the matter against the applicants. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have settled through compromise their dispute and as such opposite party no.2 does not wish to press the aforesaid case against the applicants. Opposite party no.2 is ready to withdraw the prosecution of the applicants and in view of the compromise, no fruitful purpose would be served if the prosecution is allowed to go on. 5. 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. 6. Learned AGA submitted that both the parties have settled their dispute out of the court, hence, no reason to proceed further. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Accordingly, the proceedings of charge sheet dated 16.09.2020 along with cognizance order dated 28.07.2021 passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Moradabad as well as entire criminal proceeding of Case No. 9990 of 2021 (State Vs. Devesh Kumar and others) arising out of case NA528 No. 37359 of 2026 2 crime No. 107 of 2020, under section 498-A, 323 of I.P.C. and section- 3/4 of D.P. Act, at Police Station Katghar, District-Moradabad are hereby quashed. 10. This application under Section 528 B.N.S.S. is accordingly allowed. September 8, 2026 Md Faisal NA528 No. 37359 of 2026 3 (Chawan Prakash,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHD FAISAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad