Chandrbhan Alias Leelu and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and 3 Others — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Chandrbhan Alias Leelu and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and 3 Others — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application allowed; entire proceedings of Case No.23883 of 2022 arising out of Case Crime No.202 of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 325, 506 IPC, Police Station Rohta, District Meerut, pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.03, Meerut, quashed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the entire proceedings of Case No.23883 of 2022, arising out of Case Crime No.202 of 2015 under Sections 452, 323, 325, 506 IPC, should be quashed in exercise of the inherent power under Section 528 BNSS in view of the compromise arrived at and verified between the parties.

Court's answer

Inherent power can be exercised to speed up the process of ending criminal proceedings where a settlement has been arrived at between the parties, consistent with the Apex Court's decisions in Gian Singh, B.S. Joshi and Narinder Singh.

Ratio / Principle

Where the parties do not wish to pursue the case further, the dispute is essentially of a private nature with no wider social impact, and it has been mutually settled by way of a verified compromise, no useful purpose would be served by proceeding with the matter further; on this basis the criminal proceedings are quashed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Sanjiv Kumar, J.), Application U/S 528 BNSS No. 6080 of 2025, decided April 20, 2026: Where the parties to a criminal case (Case No.23883 of 2022, arising out of Case Crime No.202 of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 325, 506 IPC, Police Station Rohta, District Meerut, pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.03, Meerut) had entered into a compromise duly verified by the court concerned vide order dated 29.09.2025 pursuant to a direction dated 02.09.2025, and the learned A.G.A. conceded the compromise, and the dispute was essentially of a private nature with no wider social impact, the Court, relying on 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, held that inherent power under Section 528 BNSS can be exercised to speed up the ending of criminal proceedings where the parties have settled, that no useful purpose would be served by proceeding further, allowed the application and quashed the entire proceedings.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 6080 of 2025

Chandrbhan Alias Leelu And 3 Others

.....Applicant(s)

Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Amit Rana
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 83

HON'BLE SANJIV KUMAR, J.

Heard Mr. Amit Rana, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri O.P. Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P., Mr. Krishna Pal Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and perused the record.

This application under Section 528 of BNSS has been filed for quashing the entire proceedings of Case No.23883 of 2022 arising out of Case Crime No.202 of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 325, 506 IPC, Police Station Rohta, District Meerut pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.03, Meerut.

Learned counsel for the applicants as well as opposite party Nos.2 & 3 jointly submitted that vide order dated 02.09.2025, a direction was given to the court concerned to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, the court concerned had verified the contents of compromise.

Learned counsel for the applicants and learned counsel for opposite party nos. 2 & 3 jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the court concerned vide order dated 29.09.2025, a copy of which has been sent to this Court, which is taken on record.

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 below.

NA528 No. 6080 of 2025

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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 facts and considering that the parties do not wish to pursue the case any further, the dispute is essentially of a private nature and has no wider social impact. Since it has been mutually settled between the parties by way of a compromise, no useful purpose would be served by proceeding with the matter further.

For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed and Case No.23883 of 2022 arising out of Case Crime No.202 of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 325, 506 IPC, Police Station Rohta, District Meerut pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.03, Meerut, are hereby quashed.

(Sanjiv Kumar,J.)

April 20, 2026 SFH

Digitally signed by :- SYED FAHIM HUSAIN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad