Krishna Kumar Yadav vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Krishna Kumar Yadav vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application U/S 482 allowed; entire criminal proceedings against the applicant in case crime no. 287/2020, under sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act at Police Station Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow, quashed; the compromise directed to be part of the order.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire criminal proceedings in case no. 122914/2022, arising out of case crime no. 287/2020 under sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act at Police Station Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, should be quashed on the basis of the compromise dated 05.08.2025 (verified 12.11.2025).

Court's answer

The Court found that a compromise was entered into between the parties on 5.8.2025 and was verified on 12.11.2025, and that, as per the statements of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the criminal proceedings against the applicant.

Ratio / Principle

Since the parties had compromised on 5.8.2025 and no grievance remained to be agitated, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case were held liable to be set aside, in view of the Apex Court judgments in B.S. Joshi, Nikhil Merchant, Manoj Sharma, Gian Singh and Narindra Singh.

Key takeaways

The entire criminal proceedings against the applicants in case crime no. 287/2020, under sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act at Police Station Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow, are hereby quashed.ratio¶19
The compromise shall form part of the order.obiter¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 16 (Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh, J.) — Application U/S 482 No. 3615 of 2026, Krishna Kumar Yadav v. State of U.P. thru Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. & Anr., decided April 30, 2026: Allowed. Entire criminal proceedings in case crime no. 287/2020 under sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Sushant Golf City, District Lucknow (case no. 122914/2022, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow) quashed on the basis of a compromise dated 05.08.2025, verified on 12.11.2025 pursuant to directions given in earlier Application U/S 482 No. 8395 of 2025. Opposite party no. 2 supported the quashing and learned counsel for the State had no objection. Reliance placed on B.S. Joshi (2003) 4 SCC 675, Nikhil Merchant (2008) 9 SCC 677, Manoj Sharma (2008) 16 SCC 1, Gian Singh (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narindra Singh (2014) 6 SCC 466. The compromise was directed to form part of the order.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3615 of 2026

Krishna Kumar Yadav

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sandeep Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

Court No. - 16

HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.

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

By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed for following main relief:-

"1) Quash, the entire proceeding of the case no. 122914/2022, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow which is arise out case crime no. 287/2020, under section 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act at Police station Sushant Golf City, District- Lucknow on the basis of compromise dated 05.08.2025 in the interest of justice. (Contained as Annexure no. 1, 3 & 5)."

Learned counsel for the applicant submits that due to certain misunderstanding, the instant F.I.R. was lodged against the applicant. He added that later on, the parties sat together and have amicably settled their disputes, which has been reduced in writing on 5.8.2025. Thereafter, the applicant filed an Application U/S 482 No.8395 of 2025 wherein this Court has directed the court below to verify the said compromise deed and in compliance thereof, the compromise deed was verified on 12.11.2025. He submits that now there is no dispute in between the parties and they have settled their dispute. He submits that further criminal proceedings in the instant matter would amount to harassment and, thus, the instant criminal proceedings against the applicant may be quashed.

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Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 has also supported the version of the learned counsel for the applicant and submits that parties have amicably settled their dispute and the opposite party no.2 has no grievance, hence, criminal proceedings against the applicant may be dropped.

Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the submissions aforesaid.

Considering the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, I find that compromise has been entered into between the parties on 5.8.2025 and said compromise has been verified on 12.11.2025 and, now, as per the statement of learned counsel for the parties, they do not want to press the aforementioned criminal proceedings against the applicant.

In view of the above, as the applicant and opposite parties have entered into compromise on 5.8.2025 and no grievance remains to be agitated and, as such, further criminal proceedings in the aforementioned criminal case are liable to be set aside in view of the Judgments of the Apex Court rendered in 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; and Narindra Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab (2014) 6 SCC 466 .

Accordingly, entire criminal proceedings against the applicants in case crime no. 287/2020, under section 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC & 3/4 D.P. Act at Police station Sushant Golf City, District- Lucknow are hereby quashed.

The compromise shall be part of this order.

The application is allowed accordingly.

Consigned to records.

(Shree Prakash Singh,J.)

April 30, 2026 Ram Murti

Digitally signed by :- RAM MURTI YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench