Inderjeet Singh and Others Vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home, Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Inderjeet Singh and Others Vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home, Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Entire criminal proceeding of Summon and Warrant Case No. 8693 of 2017 (Sections 498-A, 323, 427, 352, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Ashiyana, District Lucknow) quashed; Office directed to communicate the order to the court below forthwith

Issue for consideration

Whether the inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. should be exercised to quash the entire criminal proceeding of Summon and Warrant Case No. 8693 of 2017 in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties and duly verified by the court below

Court's answer

The parties have entered into a compromise which has been duly verified by the court below vide report dated 26.2.2024

Ratio / Principle

Since the parties do not want to pursue the case any further and the purely personal matter has been mutually settled between them by way of the compromise, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further

Key takeaways

Exercising the inherent power recognised in the cited Apex Court decisions (Gian Singh, B.S. Joshi, Narinder Singh), the present application is allowed and the entire criminal proceeding of Summon and Warrant Case No. 8693 of 2017 (Sections 498-A, 323, 427, 352, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Ashiyana, District Lucknow) is quashedratio¶19

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Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Rajeev Singh, J.) - Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (Application U/S 482 No. - 3345 of 2024) by Inderjeet Singh and others seeking quashing of the entire criminal proceeding of Summon and Warrant Case No. 8693 of 2017, under Sections 498-A, 323, 427, 352, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Ashiyana, District Lucknow. By order dated 25.8.2023 the court below had been directed to verify the factum of compromise; the compromise was duly verified vide report dated 26.2.2024, and the learned A.G.A. conceded that the compromise had been effected and verified. Relying on 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, the Court held that as the matter was purely of personal nature and mutually settled, no useful purpose would be served in continuing the proceedings. Application allowed; entire criminal proceeding quashed; Office directed to communicate the order to the court below forthwith.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3345 of 2024

Inderjeet Singh And Others

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home, Another	Lko. And	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) :	Mukteshwar Mishra
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :	G.A., Madhavesh Kumar Yadav	Mishra, Santosh

Court No. - 14

HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J.

1. Heard, learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and perused the record.

2. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the entire criminal proceeding of summon and warrant Case No.8693 of 2017, under Sections 498-A, 323, 427, 352, 504, 506 I.P.C., and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Ashiyana, District Lucknow.

4. Learned counsel for the applicants as well as opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 25.8.2023 a direction was given to the court below to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, the learned court below verify the contents of compromise and it was duly verified.

5. 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 court below vide report dated 26.2.2024.

6. Learned A.G.A. has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by

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the court below.

7. 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.

8. In view of the aforesaid and the fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further, the matter is purely of personal nature, which 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.

9. For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and entire criminal proceeding of summon and warrant Case No.8693 of 2017, under Sections 498-A, 323, 427, 352, 504, 506 I.P.C., and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Ashiyana, District Lucknow, is hereby quashed .

10. Office is directed to communicate this order to the court below, forthwith.

(Rajeev Singh,J.)

October 10, 2025 GauraV/-

Digitally signed by :- GAURAV PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench