Raju Alias Rajendra Alias Rajendra Kumar Vs… — Child Sexual Offences (POCSO) | Allahabad HC (2025)

Raju Alias Rajendra Alias Rajendra Kumar Vs… — Child Sexual Offences (POCSO) | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing of the entire proceedings of S.T. no. 125/21 in Case Crime no. 516/20, together with the charge sheet dated 21.01.2021 and the cognizance order dated 11.02.2021, limited to the applicant only; parties directed to file a copy of the order before the court concerned within two weeks.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire proceedings of S.T. no. 125/21 in Case Crime no. 516/20, together with the charge sheet dated 21.01.2021, the cognizance order dated 11.02.2021 and the NBW dated 14.07.2023, should be quashed in light of the amicable settlement (compromise) reached between the parties.

Court's answer

Having found that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and that the fact of compromise has been confirmed and admitted by learned counsel for the parties, the Court concluded that quashing the proceedings in light of the compromise would cause no harm or error and would be in the interest of justice.

Ratio / Principle

The entire proceedings of S.T. no. 125/21 in Case Crime no. 516/20 (charges under sections 294, 506, 354(ka), 504 IPC and Section 7/8 of POCSO Act, PS- Bindaki, District Fatehpur), along with the impugned charge sheet dated 21.01.2021 and the cognizance order dated 11.02.2021, are quashed — confined to the applicant only; the NBW dated 14.07.2023 is not expressly named in the operative quashing clause.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava, J.; Order Date 21.5.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:87475) allowed APPLICATION U/S 482 No. 10119 of 2024 filed by Raju alias Rajendra alias Rajendra Kumar against State of U.P. and 4 others, praying for quashing of the entire proceedings of S.T. no. 125/21 arising from Case Crime no. 516/20 (PS- Bindaki, District Fatehpur), charged under sections 294, 506, 354(ka), 504 IPC and Section 7/8 of POCSO Act, including the charge sheet dated 21.01.2021 and cognizance order dated 11.02.2021 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Act, Fatehpur (NBW dated 14.07.2023 noted in the prayer but not expressly named in the quashing clause). Basis: the parties had compromised on 01.03.2024; the compromise was verified by the Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO Act, Fatehpur vide order dated 29.04.2024 ('Flag A') in compliance of the Court's earlier order dated 16.04.2024; counsel on both sides admitted the compromise and raised no objection. Relying on Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & another, (2012) 10 SCC 303 (three-Judge Bench, para 58: quashing settled disputes despite non-compoundable offences avoids futile proceedings and secures ends of justice) and Madhavrao Jiwajirao Scindia v. Sambhajirao Chandraojirao Angre, (1988) 1 SCC 692 (special facts/special features permitting quashal to encourage genuine settlement), the Court quashed the entire proceedings, the charge sheet and the cognizance order — only in respect of the applicant — and directed the parties to lodge a copy of the order with the court concerned within two weeks.