Anoop Kumar Kushwaha vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin… — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2026)

Anoop Kumar Kushwaha vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin… — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.854 of 2024 (Sections 419 and 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sitapur) and the summoning order dated 07.12.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur, quashed qua the applicant.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.854 of 2024 under Sections 419 and 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sitapur, and the summoning order dated 07.12.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur, are liable to be quashed on the basis of the compromise arrived at between the parties.

Court's answer

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

Ratio / Principle

The application is allowed and the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.854 of 2024 under Sections 419 and 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sitapur, and the summoning order dated 07.12.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur, are quashed qua the applicant.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing of criminal proceedings on the basis of compromise — Application under Section 482 by applicant Anoop Kumar Kushwaha seeking quashing of the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.854 of 2024 under Sections 419 and 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sitapur, and the summoning order dated 07.12.2024 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur — Mediation and Conciliation Center, High Court, Lucknow reported settlement dated 19.05.2025; in terms of the compromise the applicant handed a bank draft no.479810 dated 18.03.2026 of Rs.1,60,000/- and cash of Rs.10,000/- to opposite party no.2 — dispute purely of personal nature, mutually settled; opposite party no.2 raised no objection — relying on Supreme Court authority on exercise of inherent power to quash proceedings on compromise (B.S. Joshi; Nikhil Merchant; Manoj Sharma; Gian Singh; Narindra Singh; State of M.P. v. Laxmi Narayan; Parbatbhai Aahir), held that no useful purpose would be served in proceeding further — application allowed; entire proceedings and summoning order quashed qua the applicant.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2953 of 2025

Anoop Kumar Kushwaha

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vishal Kumar Yadav, Santosh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Adarsh Kumar Maurya

Court No. - 15

HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J.

Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and Sri Adarsh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for opposite party no.2.

The present application has been filed seeking quashing of the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.854 of 2024, under Sections 419 and 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sitapur and the summoning order dated 07.12.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur.

The Mediation and Conciliation Center, High Court, Lucknow has submitted its report dated 19.05.2025 along with the settlement entered into between the parties. According to the terms of the compromise, parties have settled their dispute amicably and in lieu thereof applicant handed a bank draft bearing no.479810 dated 18.03.2026 of Rs.1,60,000/and cash of Rs.10,000/- to opposite party no.2, who is present today.

Learned counsel for the parties state that the dispute under the said agreement stands settled between the parties. Therefore, submission is that the entire proceedings of the aforesaid criminal case are liable to be quashed.

Learned counsel for opposite party no.2 has also not denied the aforesaid facts. On instructions received from opposite party no.2, he submits that he has no objection, if the proceedings against the applicant

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in the aforesaid case are quashed.

Hon'ble Supreme Court while considering the question of quashing the criminal proceedings on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties has held that the Court can use its inherent power to do real and substantial justice and to speed up the process of ending the criminal proceedings where the settlement is arrived at between the parties in the cases of B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another, (2003)4 SCC 675; Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation , (2008) 9 SCC 677; Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others, (2008) 16 SCC 1; Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab, (2012) 10 SCC 303; Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466; State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan and others , AIR 2019 SC 1296 and Parbatbhai Aahir @ Parbatbhai Bhimsinhbhai Karmur and others Vs. State of Gujarat and another, (2017) 9 SCC 641.

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 any further.

Application is accordingly allowed and the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.854 of 2024, under Sections 419 and 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sitapur and the summoning order dated 07.12.2024 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitapur, are hereby quashed qua the applicant.

(Brij Raj Singh,J.)

April 3, 2026

Rao/-

Digitally signed by :- CHEBROLU SRINIVASA RAO High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench