1 2026:CGHC:18831-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 1158 of 2026 1 - Ashish Shukla S/o Manohar Lal Shukla Aged About 42 Years R/o 27 Kholi, Indrasen Nagar, Behind Holycross, Civil Line, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Manohar Lal Shukla S/o Late Shri Ganpat Prasad Shukla Aged About 69 Years R/o Opposite Tehsil Office Kashdol, P.S. Kashdol, Distt. Baloda Bazar Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Satrupa W/o Shri Manohar Lal Shukla Aged About 62 Years R/o Opposite Tehsil Office Kashdol, P.S. Kashdol, Distt. Baloda Bazar Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Shubha Tiwari W/o Shri Ravi Tiwari Aged About 38 Years R/o Opposite Tehsil Office Kashdol, P.S. Kashdol, Distt. Baloda Bazar Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Swadha Dubey W/o Shri Amit Dubey Aged About 36 Years R/o Opposite Tehsil Office Kashdol, P.S. Kashdol, Distt. Baloda Bazar Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. Mahila Thana Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Smt. Preeti Sharma D/o Bhushan Lal Sharma Aged About 40 Years R/o Kurmi Para, Ward No. 9, Distt. Balod, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) MANPREET KAUR Digitally signed by MANPREET KAUR Date: 2026.04.25 11:27:11 +0530 2 For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aman Sharma, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sourabh Sahu, Panel Lawyer and Mr. T.S. Sahu, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice 24.04.2026 1. Heard Mr. Aman Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. Sourabh Sahu, learned Panel Lawyer for respondent No.1/State as well as Mr. T.S. Sahu, learned counsel for respondent No.2. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners with the following prayer: “It is, therefore, prayed that the F.I.R. lodged by Non- Applicant No.2 namely Preeti Sharma on 15/9/2020, in Police Station Mahila Thana, District Bilaspur, C.G, bearing Crime No. 25/2020, for offence under Section 498A/34 of the IPC, the Final Report No.28/2020, order of cognizance dated 1/12/2020 in Criminal Case No.2201/2020 and the proceedings before the Learned Trial Court bearing Criminal Case No.2201/2020, may kindly be set- aside/quashed.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in view of the fact that the parties have amicably resolved their dispute outside the Court, as is evident from the statement made by respondent No. 2 before the 3 learned AR(J) on 06.04.2026 and the joint application filed under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act (Annexure A/3), no fruitful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue. It is contended that the complainant herself is no longer desirous of pursuing the complaint and has voluntarily entered into a settlement, thereby removing the very substratum of the prosecution case, and as such, the continuation of the FIR, the consequent final report, and the proceedings pending before the learned Trial Court would amount to an abuse of the process of law. Learned counsel thus submits that in light of the amicable settlement and the settled legal position permitting quashment of proceedings in such circumstances, the impugned FIR and all consequential proceedings deserve to be quashed in the interest of justice. 4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2 submits that he fully concurs with and adopts the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners, and in view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties, as reflected in the statement recorded before the learned AR(J) on 06.04.2026 and the joint application under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act (Annexure A/3), it is affirmed that respondent No. 2 does not intend to pursue the complaint any further and has no objection to the quashing of the FIR, the consequent final report, and all proceedings pending before the learned Trial Court. 5. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the prayers made in the present petition along with the pleadings and annexures appended thereto. 4 6. From a perusal of the material available on record, particularly the statement made by respondent No. 2 before the learned AR(J) on 06.04.2026 and the joint application filed under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act (Annexure A/3), it is apparent that the parties have amicably resolved their dispute and settled the matter outside the Court. 7. Taking into consideration the aforesaid settlement and the fact that respondent No. 2/complainant does not wish to pursue the complaint any further and has no objection to the quashing of the proceedings, this Court is of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by continuing the criminal proceedings against the petitioners, and continuation of the same would amount to an abuse of the process of law. 8. In that view of the matter, the FIR lodged by respondent No. 2 on 15.09.2020 at Police Station Mahila Thana, District Bilaspur (C.G.), bearing Crime No. 25/2020 for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A/34 of the IPC, the Final Report No. 28/2020, the order of cognizance dated 01.12.2020 passed in Criminal Case No. 2201/2020, as well as the entire proceedings pending before the learned Trial Court in the said case, are hereby quashed. 9. Accordingly, the present petition stands allowed to the extent indicated hereinabove. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Manpreet