Allahabad High Court
Jai Kishan @ Jai Krishna Sharma vs State Of U.P. And Another on 28 April, 2023
Bench: Shiv Shanker Prasad
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. - 73
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3308 of 2023
Applicant :- Jai Kishan @ Jai Krishna Sharma
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Santosh Yadav
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Santosh Kumar Tiwari
Hon'ble Shiv Shanker Prasad,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for opposite party no.2 and learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the materials on record.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed to quash the charge-sheet dated 11th February, 2021, cognizance taking order dated 1st January, 2022 as well as the entire proceedings of Case No. 7505 of 2020 State Vs. Ramesh Chandra & Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 1045 of 2019, under Sections 323, 504,313, 498-A I.P.C. and also Sections 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Sikandara, District-Agra, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra on the basis of the compromise.
On 28.02.2023, this Court passed following orders in the matter:-
"Heard Mr. Santosh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicants, Mr. Santosh Kumar Tiwari, Advocate who has put in appearance by filing his vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2, which is taken on record and the learned A.G.A. for the State.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the charge-sheet dated 11th February, 2021, cognizance taking order dated 1st January, 2022 as well as the entire proceedings of Case No. 7505 of 2020 State Vs. Ramesh Chandra & Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 1045 of 2019, under Sections 323, 504,313, 498-A I.P.C. and also Sections 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Sikandara, District-Agra, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra on the basis of compromise entered into between the parties.
Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants and opposite party no.2 have settled their disputes amicably and arrived at a compromise. The compromise deed has been filed before the court below and a copy of the same has also been enclosed as Annexure-9 to the affidavit accompanying the present application. It is, thus, contended that proceedings of the aforesaid case be quashed in the light of law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh v. State of Punjab : (2012) 10 SCC 303.
Learned counsel for opposite party no.2 also does not dispute the correctness of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicants.
Whether a compromise has taken place or not can at best be ascertained by the court, where the proceedings are pending, after ensuring the presence of the parties before it.
Put up this case on 28th April, 2023 as fresh before the appropriate Bench.
Learned counsel for the parties undertake that they shall make a fresh compromise deed along with an application before the court below within a week from today for verification of the aforesaid compromise. They further undertake to ensure their presence before the court below or any other transferee court, as the case may be, on 20th March, 2023 and the court concerned, thereafter, shall ascertain the veracity of the compromise. If the said compromise is verified, the same shall be made part of the record and report to that effect, will be prepared and the parties would be allowed to obtain certified copy thereof and file the same before this Court.
Office is directed to send through FAX a copy of this order within 24 hours.
Parties are also directed to produce certified copy of this order along with a fresh compromise application before the court concerned within a week from today.
Till the next date of listing, no coercive steps would be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid criminal case."
Pursuant to the above order, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra vide order dated 16.03.2023 has verified the compromise so entered into between the parties. Photo copies of the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra dated 16.03.2023 and the compromise have been brought on record.
Learned counsel for the applicants submits that in view of compromise so entered into between the parties, which has also been verified by the court below, the entire proceedings of the aforesaid criminal case are liable to be quashed.
Learned counsel for opposite party no.2 has also not denied the aforesaid facts. On instructions received from opposite party no.2, he submits that he has no objection, if the proceedings in the aforesaid case are quashed.
This Court is not unmindful of the following judgements of the Apex Court:
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. Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab; ( 2014) 6 SCC 466,
In the aforesaid judgments, the 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. & Another; 2013 (83) ACC 278. in which the law expounded by the Apex court in the aforesaid cases has been explained in detail.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, as noted herein above, and also the submissions made by the counsel for the parties, the court is of the considered opinion that no useful purpose shall be served by prolonging the proceedings of the above mentioned complaint case as the parties have already settled their dispute.
Accordingly, the charge-sheet dated 11th February, 2021, cognizance order dated 1st January, 2022 as well as the entire proceedings of Case No. 7505 of 2020, arising out of Case Crime No. 1045 of 2019, under Sections 323, 504,313, 498-A I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Sikandara, District-Agra, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra, are hereby quashed.
The application is, accordingly, allowed. There shall be no order as to costs.
Order Date :- 28.4.2023
Abhishek Singh
