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Natthu Singh Sengar and Another v. State of Up and Another

Allahabad HC27 Sept 2019A482/29752/2019

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What is this about?

High Court allowed an application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings based on a compromise settlement between parties, citing Supreme Court precedents on quashing non-compoundable cases to restore peace and avoid abuse of process.

What did the court decide?

The entire proceedings of Complaint Case no. 1542 of 2001 under Sections 452, 323, 504, 506 IPC are quashed in terms of compromise arrived at between the parties.

Natthu Singh Sengar and Another Vs State of Up… — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Allahabad HC (2019)

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Court No. - 73

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 29752 of 2019

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Applicant :- Natthu Singh Sengar And Another Opposite Party :- State Of Up And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ajay Sengar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,S Sengar

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Hon'ble Om Prakash-VII,J.

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Supplementary affidavit annexing the verification report filed today is taken on record.

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Heard Sri Ajay Sengar, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri S Sengar, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 as well as learned AGA for the state.

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This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed with the prayer to quash the entire proceeding of Complaint Case no. 1542 of 2001, under Sections 452, 323, 504, 506(2) IPC, P.S. Jalaun, District- Jalaun pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalaun at Orai in terms of compromise.

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Pursuant to order dated 22.08.2019, the parties appeared before the court below on 11.09.2019 for verification of settlement / compromise, who were duly identified by their counsel's, while verifying the compromise / settlement dated 11.09.2019.

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It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that all the disputes and differences have been settled between the parties. At this stage, learned counsel further submitted that continuation of the proceedings of the aforesaid case will be an abuse of process of law. No fruitful purpose would be served by keeping the matter pending. In support of his contention, learned counsel for the applicants has also placed reliance on the law laid down by Apex Court in Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab, (2012), 10 SCC 303, B.S. Joshi and others vs. State of Haryana and another, (2003) 4 SCC 675 and Madan Mohan Abbot vs. State of Punjab, (2008) 4 SCC 582.

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On the other hand, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 submits that since the dispute between the parties has been settled, opposite party no.2 has no objection if the proceedings of the aforesaid complaint case pending before the trial court is quashed.

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I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the entire record.

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In all the aforesaid cases, the Apex Court has laid down the law that criminal proceedings may be quashed even in noncompoundable cases by the High Court in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction to restore peace between the parties and in case the justice so demands. According to Hon'ble Supreme Court, if the offence involve private dispute between the parties of commercial nature or matrimonial dispute and it is not related to heinous offence, the proceedings may be quashed.

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Since the dispute between the parties has been amicably and mutually settled, no fruitful purpose would be served by permitting to continue the criminal case pending before the trial court and it would simply be a waste of time if the aforesaid case is permitted to continue till its logical conclusion.

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In view of the above, the Application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed .

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The entire proceedings of Complaint Case no. Complaint Case no. 1542 of 2001, under Sections 452, 323, 504, 506(2) IPC, P.S. Jalaun, District- Jalaun pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalaun at Orai against the applicants are quashed in terms of compromise arrived at between the parties.

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Order Date :- 27.9.2019 Sanjeet

Natthu Singh Sengar and Another v. State of Up and Another

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