Ikrar and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ikrar and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing of the entire criminal proceeding of charge sheet no. 334 of 2021 and of the cognizance/summoning order dated 2.7.2022 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur in Case No. 824 of 2022 under sections 323, 504, 308 IPC (arising out of Case Crime no. 275 of 2021, P.S. Shahbad, District Rampur) against the applicants, in terms of the compromise.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire criminal proceedings comprising charge sheet no. 334 of 2021 and the cognizance/summoning order dated 2.7.2022 (Case No. 824 of 2022, sections 323, 504, 308 IPC, arising out of Case Crime no. 275 of 2021, P.S. Shahbad, District Rampur) pending against the applicants should be quashed in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties and pending before the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur.

Court's answer

With both parties having amicably settled all disputes and agreed to withdraw all pending cases including the present case, the settlement having been verified by the court concerned with a report on record, and considering the law laid down in State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan (AIR 2019 SC 1296) and the facts of the matter, the court held it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed.

Ratio / Principle

The court directed that the entire criminal proceeding of charge sheet no. 334 of 2021 and the cognizance/summoning order dated 2.7.2022 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur in Case No. 824 of 2022 under sections 323, 504, 308 IPC (arising out of Case Crime no. 275 of 2021, P.S. Shahbad, District Rampur), against the applicants, stand quashed in terms of the compromise.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing on compromise — High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Application U/S 482 No. 26770 of 2024 (Ikrar & 3 Others v. State of U.P. & Anr.), decided 9.9.2025 by Hon'ble Jitendra Kumar Sinha, J.: the entire criminal proceeding of charge sheet no. 334 of 2021 and the cognizance/summoning order dated 2.7.2022 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur in Case No. 824 of 2022 under sections 323, 504, 308 IPC, arising out of Case Crime no. 275 of 2021, P.S. Shahbad, District Rampur, stands quashed against the applicants, the parties having amicably settled all disputes and agreed to withdraw all pending cases including the present case, the settlement having been verified by the court concerned with a report on record, in light of the law laid down in State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan & Ors. (AIR 2019 SC 1296); the application was allowed.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 26770 of 2024

Ikrar And 3 Others

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P. and Another		.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	:	Mohd. Shaafi, Shujauddin
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	:	G.A., Shibli Naseem

Court No. - 89

HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.

The matter is taken up on mentioning.

Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicants, is taken on record.

Heard Shri Shujauddin, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Shibli Naseem, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and Sri Uma Shanker Mishra, learned AGA for the State.

Instant application has been preferred for quashing of the impugned charge sheet no. 334 of 2021 and cognizance/summoning order dated 2.7.2022 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur in Case No. 824 of 2022, under sections 323, 504, 308 IPC, P.S. Shahbad, District Rampur arising out of Case Crime no. 275 of 2021 in terms of compromise pending in the curt of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur. It is also prayed to stay the further proceeding of aforesaid case during pendency of the present application.

It is contended by learned counsel for the applicants that both the parties have amicably settled all the disputes and they have agreed for withdrawal of all cases, including present case, pending between the parties and the same has been verified by the court concerned. A report regarding the same is available on record. It is further submitted that in view of these facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending and thus, the impugned

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proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.

Learned A.G.A. for the State as well as learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 has no objection.

I have considered the submissions and perused the record.

Both the parties have amicably settled all the disputes and they have agreed for withdrawal of all cases, including present case, pending between the parties and the same has been verified by the court concerned. A report regarding the same is available on record. Considering the law laid down in the case of State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, AIR 2019 SC 1296 and the facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed.

In view of the aforesaid, the entire criminal proceeding of charge sheet no. 334 of 2021 and cognizance/summoning order dated 2.7.2022 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Rampur in Case No. 824 of 2022, under sections 323, 504, 308 IPC, P.S. Shahbad, District Rampur arising out of Case Crime no. 275 of 2021 in terms of compromise pending in the curt of Additional Chief Judicial MagistrateII, Rampur, against applicants, are hereby quashed.

The application is allowed.

(Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.)

September 9, 2025 SY

Digitally signed by :- SUSHAMA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad