HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD ?Court No. - 53 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 29327 of 2015 Applicant :- Rakesh & 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. & Another Counsel for Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J.
Heard Sri Santosh Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants, and Sri Nitin Srivastava, learned AGA appearing for the State and perused the record.
By means of the present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the applicants have prayed for quashing the criminal proceedings of Case No. 512 of 2014, under Sections 354, 354 (Ka), 323, 506, IPC, Police Station Partapur, District Meerut, on the basis of the compromise between the applicants and opposite party no.2 dated 28.08.2015, and its verified order dated 01.09.2015, passed by the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Meerut.
It has been contended by learned counsel for the applicants that the applicants and opposite party no. 2 have amicably settled their dispute and entered into a compromise. The applicants have earlier filed Crl. Misc. 482 Cr.P.C. Application No. 23338 of 2015 before this Court for quashing the proceedings against the applicants on the basis of said compromise and this Court vide order dated 11.08.2015, has dispose of the said application directing the applicants to appear before the Magistrate concerned, who shall verify the compromise, copy of which has been annexed as annexure no.6 to the affidavit. He submits that in pursuance of the said order, applicants appeared before the court below on which the learned Magistrate verified the compromise entered into between the parties vide order dated 01.09.2015, copy of which has been annexed as annexure-8 to the affidavit, hence the proceeding against the applicants be quashed.
In support of his contention, the learned counsel for the applicants has placed reliance on the judgment of Apex Court in the case of Manoj Sharma Vs. State, (2008)16 SCC1, Narinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466 and Yogendra Yadav Vs. State of Jharkhand reported in (2014) 9 SCC 653 and has submitted that since the mater has been compromised between the parties amicably, hence no fruitful purpose would be served if the prosecution of the applicants in the present case is allowed to go on as no grievance is left to the opp. party no.2.
Learned counsel for opp. party no.2 could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by the learned counsel for the applicants and submitted that he has no objection if the proceedings against the applicants of the present case is quashed as the matter has already been settled between the parties.
From the perusal of the record, it is apparent that parties have entered into compromise and have settled their dispute amicably.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties regarding the compromise entered into between the parties and taking into account the legal position as laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Manoj Sharma Vs. State (supra), Narinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab (supra) & Yogendra Yadav Vs. State of Jharkhand (supra) this court in exercise of its inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. can quash the proceedings.
Hence, in view of the above, the entire proceedings of the aforesaid is hereby quashed.
The present 482 Cr.P.C. application stands allowed.
Order Date :- 30.9.2015/VKG