Chunnu and 5 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 17341 of 2024 Court No. - 89 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.

¶1Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record.

¶2This matter has been taken up on mentioning.

¶3Heard Mr. Prashant Pandey, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. Ankit Kapoor, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and Sri B.P. Singh, learned AGA for the State respondents.

¶4This application under Section 482 CrPC has been preferred for quashing the entire criminal proceeding of Criminal Case No. 43 of 2010 (State vs. Chunnu and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 294 of 2001, under Sections 147, 323, 336, 427, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Cantt, District Varanasi pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi on the basis of compromise dated 28.10.2022.

¶5It is contended by the learned counsel for the applicants that the applicants and the opposite party no. 2 have entered into compromise and the same has already been verified by the learned Court concerned and a report regarding the same has been filed today along with supplementary affidavit. It is also submitted that in view of the compromise arrived at between the applicant and opposite party no. 2, proceedings of the aforesaid case be quashed against the applicants.

¶6On the other hand, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned AGA for the State have no objection to the above submissions Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prashant Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ankit Kapoor, G.A. Chunnu And 5 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) made by the learned counsel for the applicants.

¶7In view of the fact that the applicants and opposite party no. 2 have entered into compromise and the said compromise has been verified by the learned Court concerned and a report regarding verification of compromise is already on record and keeping in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Laxmi Narayan and others, AIR 2019 SC 1296 and the facts of the matter, it would be in the interest of justice that the impugned proceedings be quashed in respect of the applicants. It was stated that in view of these facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned proceedings pending and thus, the impugned proceedings may be quashed on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties.

¶8In view of the aforesaid, the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No. 43 of 2010 (State vs. Chunnu and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 294 of 2001, under Sections 147, 323, 336, 427, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Cantt, District Varanasi pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi on the basis of compromise dated 28.10.2022 are hereby quashed.

¶9The application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. stands allowed. September 26, 2025 Abhishek A482 No. 17341 of 2024 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad