Allahabad High Court
Dhruv Maurya @ Dhruv Kumar Maurya vs State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. ... on 28 August, 2023
Bench: Shree Prakash Singh
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
?Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC-LKO:57475
Court No. - 28
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7530 of 2023
Applicant :- Dhruv Maurya @ Dhruv Kumar Maurya
Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lucknow And Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Amit Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Ashish Raman Mishra
Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Aniruddh Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A.-I for the State, Sri Ashish Raman Mishra, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the record.
By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed for quashing of the entire proceedings of Case No.6631 of 2020, State of U.P. Vs. Suresh Pandey and others arising out of Case Crime No.28 of 2019 under Sections 406, 419, 420 I.P.C. Police Station Kotwali Dehat, District Bahraich pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (C.J.M.) Bahraich in the light of compromise dated 6.6.2023 which has taken place between the parties.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. was lodged against the applicant. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing on 6.6.2023. Thereafter, the applicant filed an Application U/S 482 No.5864 of 2023 wherein this Court, vide order dated 3.7.2023, has directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 13.7.2023. He submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. He submits that further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal proceedings in the aforementioned case against the applicant may be quashed.
Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no.2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicant may be dropped.
Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid.
Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 6.6.2023 and said compromise has been verified on 13.7.2023 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicant.
In view of the above, as the applicants and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 6.6.2023 and no grievance remains to be agitated and, as such, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case are liable to be set aside in view of the Judgments of the Apex Court rendered in B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another (2003) 4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation (2008) 9 SCC 677; Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, (2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303; and Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466.
Accordingly, entire criminal proceedings of Case No.6631 of 2020, State of U.P. Vs. Suresh Pandey and others arising out of Case Crime No.28 of 2019 under Sections 406, 419, 420 I.P.C. Police Station Kotwali Dehat, District Bahraich pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (C.J.M.) Bahraich are hereby quashed.
The compromise shall be part of this order.
The application is allowed accordingly.
Consigned to records.
Order Date :- 28.8.2023
Ram Murti
