Rajesh Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh and 2 Others vs State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Rajesh Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh and 2 Others vs State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing of the proceedings of Criminal complaint case No. 2232/2004 (now new No. 1492/2023) and of the summoning order dated 26.06.2004, in respect of the applicants.

Issue for consideration

Whether the criminal complaint case No. 2232/2004 (now new No. 1492/2023) and the summoning order dated 26.06.2004 should be quashed, the parties having entered into a compromise and not wishing to pursue the case. +1 more

Court's answer

The matter is purely of personal nature and has been mutually settled between the parties by way of compromise; therefore no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further.

Ratio / Principle

Inherent power can be exercised to bring to an end criminal proceedings where the parties have arrived at a settlement.

Key takeaways

The criminal complaint case No. 2232/2004 (now new No. 1492/2023) and the summoning order dated 26.06.2004 are quashed in respect of the applicants.ratio¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Brij Raj Singh, J. — Application U/S 482 No. 2503 of 2026 by Rajesh Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh and 2 others seeking quashing of Criminal complaint case No. 2232/2004 (now new No. 1492/2023) (Prithvipal VS Arjun and Others) under Sections 147, 148/149/323/325/504/506/308/452 IPC, P.S. Amethi, District Sultanpur (now Amethi), and the summoning order dated 26.06.2004 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 20, Sultanpur. Counsel for the applicants stated that the parties had entered into a compromise and did not wish to pursue the case; the trial court was directed on 06.02.2026 to verify the factum of compromise and verified its contents on 06.03.2026; counsel for opposite party no. 2 and the learned A.G.A. raised no objection. 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), the Court held that inherent power can be exercised to end criminal proceedings where the parties have settled; the matter being purely of personal nature and mutually settled by compromise, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding further. Application allowed; the complaint proceedings and the summoning order were quashed in respect of the applicants. Decided March 24, 2026.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2503 of 2026

Rajesh Singh @ Rajesh Kumar Singh And 2 Others

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another

.....Opposite Party(s)

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

Court No. - 15

HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J.

Sri Ramu Patil, Advocate, is present on behalf of the opposite party No. 2 by filing his Vakalatnama , which is taken on record.

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

The applicants have filed this application with the following main prayer:

".. this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to quashed the proceeding of, Criminal complaint case No. 2232/2004 (now new No. 1492/2023) (Prithvipal VS Arjun and Others), under Sections 147, 148/149/323/325/504/506/308/452 IPC, P.S. Amethi, District Sultanpur now Amethi as well as summoning order dated 26.06.2004, pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 20, Sultanpur contained Annexure no 2 and 3 to this petition ."

Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that parties do not want to pursue the case any further and they have entered into compromise. He further submits that vide order dated 06.02.2026 a direction was given to the trial court to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, learned trial court has verified the contents of compromise vide its order dated 06.03.2026.

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Sri Ramu Patil, Advocate, appearing for the opposite party No. 2, agrees to the contentions made by the learned counsel for the applicants, and he does not have any objection to the aforesaid proceedings being quashed.

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

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.

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 . Criminal complaint case No. 2232/2004 (now new No. 1492/2023) (Prithvipal VS Arjun and Others), under Sections 147, 148/149/323/325/504/506/308/452 IPC, P.S. Amethi, District Sultanpur now Amethi, pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 20, Sultanpur, as well as summoning order dated 26.06.2004 passed in the said case , are hereby quashed in respect of the applicants herein.

(Brij Raj Singh,J.)

March 24, 2026 A.Nigam

Digitally signed by :- ANUJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench