Chhotu @ Anubhav Shukla Vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Chhotu @ Anubhav Shukla Vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application allowed; charge-sheet dated 04.01.2019 in Case Crime No. 340 of 2018 (P.S.-Kamlapur, District Sitapur) and summoning/cognizance order dated 18.03.2021 of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur quashed; Office directed to communicate the order to the learned trial Court forthwith.

Issue for consideration

Whether the charge-sheet dated 04.01.2019 in Case Crime No. 340 of 2018 (Sections 353, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station-Kamlapur, District Sitapur) and the summoning/cognizance order dated 18.03.2021 of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur should be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the parties having compromised and the compromise having been verified by the court concerned. +1 more

Court's answer

Since the parties did not want to pursue the case further and the matter was purely personal in nature, having been mutually settled between the parties by way of a compromise verified by the court concerned (report/order dated 10.10.2025), no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further.

Ratio / Principle

Inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. can be exercised to do real and substantial justice and to expedite the ending of criminal proceedings where the parties have arrived at a settlement, following the Apex Court's decisions relied upon (Gian Singh; B.S. Joshi; Narinder Singh).

Key takeaways

The application is allowed and the charge-sheet dated 04.01.2019 in Case Crime No. 340 of 2018 as well as the summoning/cognizance order dated 18.03.2021 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur are quashed.ratio¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Rajeev Singh, J. — Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (No. 9254 of 2025) allowed; charge-sheet dated 04.01.2019 in Case Crime No. 340 of 2018 (Sections 353, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station-Kamlapur, District Sitapur) and the summoning/cognizance order dated 18.03.2021 of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur quashed. Ground: parties had entered into a compromise, verified by the court concerned vide report/order dated 10.10.2025 pursuant to a direction dated 15.09.2025; matter purely personal in nature; relying on Gian Singh v. State of Punjab (2012 AIR SCW 5333), B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana ((2003) 3 SCC 675) and Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab ((2014) 6 SCC 466), inherent power exercised to do real and substantial justice where settlement is reached; Office directed to communicate the order to the trial court forthwith.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9254 of 2025

Chhotu @ Anubhav Shukla

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. And Another

.....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

Court No. - 14

HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J.

Vakalatnama filed by Shri Ashwani Verma, Advocate on behalf of the opposite party No.2 is taken on record.

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

This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the charge-sheet dated 04.01.2019 filed in Case Crime No.340 of 2018, under Sections 353, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station-Kamlapur, District Sitapur as well as summoning/cognizance order dated 18.03.2021 passed the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur.

Learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned counsel for opposite party No.2 jointly submitted that vide order dated 15.09.2025 a direction was given to the court concerned to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, learned court concerned had verified the contents of compromise.

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 concerned vide report/order dated 10.10.2025.

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

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

A482 No. 9254 of 2025

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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.

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.

For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and charge-sheet dated 04.01.2019 filed in Case Crime No.340 of 2018, under Sections 353, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station-Kamlapur, District Sitapur as well as summoning/cognizance order dated 18.03.2021 passed the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur, are hereby quashed .

Office is directed to communicate this order to learned trial Court, forthwith.

(Rajeev Singh,J.)

November 4, 2025

Renu/-

Digitally signed by :- RENU AGARWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench