The High Court allowed the applicant to quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C. after verifying that the dispute was amicably settled outside court, deeming further trial a waste of judicial time with bleak prospects of conviction.
Entire criminal proceedings arising out of S.T. No.891 of 2016 against the applicants are quashed.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:228662
Court No. - 90
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 42134 of 2023
Applicant :- Istiyak And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Kr. Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Ayush Srivastava
Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.
for the parties and have gone through the entire record.
Order Date :- 2.12.2023 Shafique
Digitally signed by :- SAFIKUR RAHAMAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
2 issues framed by the court
Whether criminal proceedings should be quashed upon establishment of an amicable settlement between parties outside the court.
Whether continuation of criminal trial serves any fruitful purpose when chances of conviction are bleak and dispute is settled.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Istiyak And 3 Others
State Of U.P. And 6 Others
Vinod Diwakar
As recorded by the court registry
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