HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2558 of 2025 Court No. - 83 HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J. 1. Heard Mr. Ashish Goyal, learned Counsel for the applicants, Mr. Shubham Kumar, learned Counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed with the following prayer: "It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to quash the impugned cognizance/summoning order dated 29.01.2024 as well as Charge-sheet dated 31.10.2022 and entire proceeding giving rise to Criminal Case No.2477/2024 (State .Vs. Rizwan and others) arising out of Case Crime No.0276/2022, Under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, P.S. Ramgarh, District Firozabad, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Firozabad." 3. This Court, vide order dated 15.04.2025, referred the matter before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, High Court, Allahabad with the direction that the applicants shall deposit a sum of Rs. 35,000/- at the Mediation Centre. 4. Learned Counsel for the applicants submits that the mediation succeeded. The parties before this Court had made a request that they have entered into a compromise in this matter and have settled all the disputes between them and now they do not want to proceed with this Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashish Goyal, Mohd Shahrukh Wasim Ansari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Rajesh Yadav, Shubham Kumar Rizwan And 6 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) matter. 5. As per report dated 13.07.2025 of Mediation Centre, parties have entered into compromise. 6. Learned Counsel for the opposite party no.2 submits that he has no objection if the impugned proceedings pending against the applicants is quashed. 7. 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. 8. From perusal of the records and the law laid down by the Apex Court on the subject matter, the present case is a good case for exercising powers by this Court to quash the proceedings as prayed for by the applicants. 9. The entire proceedings of the aforesaid case with regard to the present applicants are hereby quashed. 10. The present application is allowed. September 21, 2026 Vijay A482 No. 2558 of 2025 2 (Chawan Prakash,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIJAY KUMAR SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad