RIZWAN HABIB AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
A482/31906/2024 · 2026-09-14
Chawan Prakash
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 31906 of 2024 Court No. - 83 HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J.
1. Supplementary Affidavit filed by counsel for the applicants, which is taken on record. 2. Heard Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 1079 of 2020 (State Vs. Furqan Habib and others), under Sections 498-A, 323 I.P.C. and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Mantola, District Agra, arising out of Case Crime No. 0112 of 2020, pending in the court of learned Civil Judge (J.D.), Court No.6, Agra, on the basis of compromise dated 25.02.2026. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have amicably settled their dispute out of the Court. Applicant approached this Court by filing this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with prayer to quash the proceedings in terms of compromise entered between the parties and this Court vide order dated 16.02.2026 directed the parties to appear before the trial court for verification of the parties and compromise application. Trial court vide order dated 25.02.2026 verified the parties as well as compromise application. He further submitted that applicants and opposite party no.2 have settled their dispute through compromise and, as such, opposite party no.2 does not Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajay Kumar Pandey, Ashok Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Anuj Kumar Dwivedi, G.A., Lavkush Kumar Shukla, Rajesh Kumar Chitragupt Rizwan Habib And 4 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
wish to press the aforesaid case against the applicants. Opposite party no.2 is ready to withdraw the prosecution of the applicant and in view of the compromise, no fruitful purpose would be served if the prosecution is allowed to go on. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned A.G.A. submitted that both the parties have settled their dispute out of the court, hence, no reason to proceed further. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Accordingly, entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 1079 of 2020 (State Vs. Furqan Habib and others), under Sections 498-A, 323 I.P.C. and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Mantola, District Agra, arising out of Case Crime No. 0112 of 2020, pending in the court of learned Civil Judge (J.D.), Court No.6, Agra, are hereby quashed in terms of compromise dated 25.02.2026. 9. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is accordingly allowed. September 15, 2026 v.k. updh. A482 No. 31906 of 2024 2 (Chawan Prakash,J.) Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR UPADHYAY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad