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Prashant Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another

Allahabad HC15 Oct 2024/8034/2024

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The High Court quashed criminal proceedings under Sections 409 and 420 IPC after finding that the applicant and the State representative had entered into a verified compromise. The court held that no useful purpose would be served in continuing the trial given the mutual settlement and invoked inherent powers to do substantive justice.

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The entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 18415/2023 (State v. Prashant Singh) arising out of Crime No. 572 of 2021 were quashed.

Prashant Singh Vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin… — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Allahabad HC (2024)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:69428

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Court No. - 28

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8034 of 2024

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Applicant :- Prashant Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sunil Kumar Singh,Atul Chandel,Kartikeya Yadav,Prateek Agrawal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Harsh Vardhan Kediya,Nadeem Murtaza,Wali Nawaz Khan

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Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J.

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Heard Sri Sunil Kumar Singh learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Nadeem Murtza learned counsel for the opposite party No.2, learned A.G.A. and perused the record.

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This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 18415/2023 (State v. Prashant Singh), arising out of Case Crime No. 572 of 2021, under Sections 409 and 420 IPC, Police Station Vibhuti Khand, District Lucknow East (Commissionerate Lucknow), pending in the Court of the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-2, Lucknow.

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In pursuance of the order dated 09.09.2024, the applicant as well as the opposite party No.2 appeared before the Senior Registrar for verification of contents of compromise executed between the applicant and opposite party No.2.

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Learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the Senior Registrar of this Court vide report dated 18.09.2024.

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It is evident from the record that the contents of the

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compromise were verified by the Senior Registrar on 18.09.2024. It is also evident that the compromise is available on record as annexure No. 6, which reveals that the opposite party No.2 does not want to prosecute the applicant.

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Learned A.G.A. has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the Senior Registrar of this Court .

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Hon'ble Apex Court in catena of decisions has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice as has been held in Gian Singh Vs State of Punjab, 2012 AIR SCW 5333, B.S. Joshi and others Vs State of Haryana, (2003) 3 SCC 675 and Narinder Singh Vs State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466 . Hence, inherent power can be exercised to speed up the process of ending the criminal proceedings where the settlement is arrived at between the parties.

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In view of the aforesaid and the fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further, the matter has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, therefore, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further.

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For the discussions made above, the application is allowed and the entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 18415/2023 (State v. Prashant Singh), arising out of Case Crime No. 572 of 2021, under Sections 409 and 420 IPC, Police Station Vibhuti Khand, District Lucknow East (Commissionerate Lucknow), pending in the Court of the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-2, Lucknow, is hereby quashed.

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Order Date :- 15.10.2024 dk/

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Digitally signed by :- DEVENDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench

Prashant Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another

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