Rahul Srivastava @ Rahul Kumar Srivastava and Another vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Rahul Srivastava @ Rahul Kumar Srivastava and Another vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Entire criminal proceedings and all consequential proceedings arising out of Sessions Trial No.3168 of 2023 (Case Crime No.0111 of 2023, Sections 306, 201 IPC, P.S. Indira Nagar, District Lucknow) and the charge sheet dated 24.5.2023 quashed qua the applicants.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire criminal proceedings arising out of Sessions Trial No.3168 of 2023 (Case Crime No.0111 of 2023, Sections 306 and 201 IPC, P.S. Indira Nagar, District Lucknow) and the charge sheet dated 24.5.2023, pending before the Special Judge, P.A. Act, District Lucknow, can be quashed on the basis of a compromise arrived at between the parties.

Court's answer

The factum of compromise between the parties was verified by the trial court vide order dated 27.2.2026 (filed as Annexure-SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit), pursuant to this Court's direction dated 18.2.2026.

Ratio / Principle

Since the parties do not want to pursue the case any further, the matter is purely of personal nature and has been mutually settled between the parties by way of compromise, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further; in view of the Supreme Court precedents cited, criminal proceedings may be quashed on the basis of such a compromise in exercise of the Court's inherent power.

Key takeaways

Application allowed; the entire criminal proceedings and all consequential proceedings arising out of Sessions Trial No.3168 of 2023, Case Crime No.0111 of 2023 under Sections 306, 201 IPC, Police Station Indira Nagar, District Lucknow, as well as the charge sheet dated 24.5.2023, pending in the court of Special Judge, P.A. Act, District Lucknow, are quashed qua the applicants.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Brij Raj Singh, J. — Application under Section 482 allowed. Entire criminal proceedings and all consequential proceedings arising out of Sessions Trial No.3168 of 2023 (Case Crime No.0111 of 2023, Sections 306 and 201 IPC, Police Station Indira Nagar, District Lucknow) and charge sheet dated 24.5.2023, pending before the Special Judge, P.A. Act, District Lucknow, quashed qua the applicants on the basis of compromise between the parties, the factum whereof was verified by the trial court vide order dated 27.2.2026 pursuant to this Court's direction dated 18.2.2026. Matter held to be purely of personal nature, mutually settled; no useful purpose in continuing proceedings. Relied on B.S. Joshi, Nikhil Merchant, Manoj Sharma, Gian Singh, Narindra Singh, Laxmi Narayan and Parbatbhai Aahir. Opposite party no.2's counsel raised no objection and learned A.G.A. conceded the compromise.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7987 of 2025

Rahul Srivastava @ Rahul Kumar Srivastava And Another

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Kumar Singh, Rankaj Kumar Vishwakarma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Raghvendra Nath Mishra, Vikas Verma

Court No. - 16

HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J.

Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Vikas Verma, learned counsel for opposite party no.2. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on recod.

The present application has been filed seeking quashing of the entire criminal proceedings as well as charge sheet dated 24.5.2023 arsing out of Sessions Trial No.3168 of 2023, Case Crime no.0111 of 2023 under Sections 306, 201 IPC, Police Station Indira Nagar, District Lucknow (State vs. Rahul Srivastava and others), pending in the court of Special Judge, P.A. Act, District Lucknow, on the basis of compromise.

Learned counsel for the applicants submits that parties do not want to pursue the case any further and they have entered into compromise. He further submits that this Court vide order dated 18.2.2026 given a direction to the trial court to verify the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, the trial court has verified the contents of compromise vide order dated 27.2.2026, which has been filed as Annexure-SA-1 to the supplementary affidavit filed today.

Learned counsel for opposite party no.2 has also not denied the

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aforesaid facts. On instructions received from opposite party no.2, he submits that he has no objection, if the proceedings against the applicant in the aforesaid case are quashed on the basis of the compromise.

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.

The 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 further.

Application is accordingly allowed and the entire and all consequential proceedings arsing out of Sessions Trial No.3168 of 2023, Case Crime no.0111 of 2023 under Sections 306, 201 IPC, Police Station Indira Nagar, District Lucknow (State vs. Rahul Srivastava and others) as well as charge sheet dated 24.5.2023, pending in the court of Special Judge, P.A. Act, District Lucknow, are hereby quashed qua the applicants.

(Brij Raj Singh,J.)

March 16, 2026 Sachin

Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench