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Hari Prasad Khetan and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Anr.

Calcutta HC5 Aug 2025CRR/1875/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Quashing of criminal proceeding on ground of settlement and compromise; C.R.R. 1875 of 2025; CRAN 1, 2 and 3 of 2025 (CRAN 3 disposed); G.R. Case No. 79 of 2025; Girish Park Police Station/Detective Department Case No. 7 dated 20.01.2025; final settlement between private parties over friends-and-family disputes; further statements of all alleged victims recorded; State (on case diary) raised no objection; Hari Prasad Khetan & others v. State of West Bengal & another; Calcutta High Court; Jay Sengupta, J.; heard and judged 05.08.2025.

What did the court decide?

The impugned proceeding in G.R. Case No. 79 of 2025 was quashed on the ground of settlement; CRAN 3 of 2025 disposed of accordingly; urgent photostat certified copy to be given to the parties upon compliance with requisite formalities. ¶20

Hari Prasad Khetan and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal and Anr. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the criminal proceeding in G.R. Case No. 79 of 2025 arising out of Girish Park Police Station/Detective Department Case No. 7 dated 20.01.2025 should be quashed on the ground of settlement and compromise.

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Court's answer

A final settlement has been arrived at between the private parties covering all the disputes that had led to the registration of the FIR.

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Ratio / Principle

Further statements of all the alleged victims were recorded in this regard, corroborating the settlement.

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Key takeaways

In view of the settlement between the private parties, the impugned proceeding in G.R. Case No. 79 of 2025 is quashed on the ground of settlement.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Calcutta High Court (Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction), Jay Sengupta, J.: C.R.R. 1875 of 2025 (with CRAN 1, 2 and 3 of 2025), heard and decided on 05.08.2025. An application was made to quash the proceeding in G.R. Case No. 79 of 2025 arising out of Girish Park Police Station/Detective Department Case No. 7 dated 20.01.2025 on the ground of settlement and compromise. Counsel for the accused petitioners and for the private opposite parties alike submitted that disputes between friends and family members underlying the FIR had been settled fully and finally; counsel for the State, relying on the case diary, submitted that the State would not come in the way of settlement. Finding that a final settlement had been arrived at between the private parties over all disputes that had led to the FIR, and that further statements of all the alleged victims had been recorded in this regard, the Hon'ble Justice quashed the impugned proceeding on the ground of settlement and disposed of CRAN 3 of 2025 accordingly, permitting urgent photostat certified copies upon compliance with requisite formalities.

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Form No. J(2)

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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION

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Present:

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The Hon’ble Justice Jay Sengupta

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C.R.R. 1875 of 2025

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CRAN 1 of 2025, CRAN 2 of 2025, CRAN 3 of 2025

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Hari Prasad Khetan & others.

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-vs-

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State of West Bengal & another.

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For the Petitioners : Mr. Avik Ghatak Mr. Abhinav Rakshit Ms. Atrayee Chatterjee For the o.p.nos. 2, 4, 5 & 6 in CRAN 2 of 2025 : Mr. Soumya Nag : Mr. Rupal Singh : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh For the State Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. PP Mr. Suman De Ms. Pallavi Priyadarshee For the o.p.nos. 3 & 7 in CRAN 3 of 2025 : Mr. Aditya Tiwari : Ms. Paramita Dutta Heard on : 05.08.2025 Judgment on : 05.08.2025

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Jay Sengupta, J.:

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This is an application praying for quashing of a proceeding in G.R. Case No. 79 of 2025 arising out of Girish Park Police Station/Detective Department Case No. 7 dated 20.01.2025 on the ground of settlement and compromise.

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the accused petitioners submits as follows. Certain disputes between friends and family members had led to the registration of the FIR. All such disputes have now been settled fully and finally between the private parties and the parties want the criminal proceeding to be quashed on the ground of compromise.

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the private opposite parties submits as follows. The disputes that had led to the initiation of the impugned proceeding have all been finally settled and compromised. The purported transactions were all between friends and family and a final settlement has been arrived at.

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State relies on the case diary and submits that the State would not come in the way, if the private parties decide to settle the matter.

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It appears that a final settlement has been arrived at between the private parties of all disputes that had led to the registration of

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the instant FIR. Further statements of all the alleged victims were recorded in this regard.

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In view of the above, the impugned proceeding is quashed on

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the ground of settlement.

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CRAN 3 of 2025 shall, accordingly, stand disposed of.

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