Faijan v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 45 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 14320 of 2023 Petitioner :- Faijan Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Krishna Kanhaiya Soni Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Sharad Kumar Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J. 1 Heard Sri Krishna Kanhaiya Soni, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Kajal Seth holding brief of Sri Sharad Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the informant and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State respondents.

¶2This writ petition has been filed praying to quash the impugned First Information Report dated 11.5.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 241 of 2023, under Sections 366, 279, 304-A IPC, P.S. Seohara, District Bijnor.

¶3Vide order dated 26.9.2023 the matter was referred to the mediation centre.

¶4Perused the office report dated 11.10.2023 and the settlement agreement dated 6.10.2023 which indicates that matter has been peacefully settled between the parties and they have settled their differences on the terms mentioned in paragraph 6 of the settlement agreement dated 6.10.2023. The paragraph 6 is quoted as under:- "6. The following settlement has been arrived at between the parties hereto:- a) That both the parties have already settled their dispute and in this regard they have produced a 'Samjhautanama' dated 23.08.2023 before the Centre. The parties stated that all the terms and conditions mentioned in the aforesaid Samjhautanama have been fulfill. The parties further reiterate and reaffirm all the terms and conditions of the aforesaid Samjhautanama and the same shall be a part of this settlement also. The photocopy of the aforesaid Samjhautanama is being annexed herewith for kind perusal of the Hon'ble Court. b) That it has also been agreed between the parties that all the cases filed by them against each other regarding present dispute shall be withdrawn by the parties concerned by taking appropriate steps before the Court/authority concerned. c) That the parties will not file any fresh case against each other in respect of this dispute. They have no claim against each other in future also. d) That it has been agreed between the parties that they shall not violate the terms and conditions of this settlement otherwise the aggrieved party will be free to take legal recourse."

¶5It is submitted that as between the parties compromise had already taken place therefore, the impugned First Information Report dated 11.5.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 241 of 2023, under Sections 366, 279, 304-A IPC, P.S. Seohara, District Bijnor is liable to be quashed.

¶6Thus, in view of the well settled principles of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court reported in 2003(4) SCC 675 (B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana), J.T. 2008(9) SC 192 (Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of investigation and another),

(2012) 10 SCC 303 (Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab), (2014) 9 SCC 653 (Yogendra Yadav and others Vs. State of Jharkhand) and also (2014) 6 SCC 466 (Narendra Singh Vs. State of Punjab) and in view of the settlement agreement dated 6.10.2023, the impugned First Information Report dated 11.5.2023 registered as Case Crime No. 241 of 2023, under Sections 366, 279, 304-A IPC, P.S. Seohara, District Bijnor is hereby quashed.

¶7The present petition is, accordingly, allowed. Order Date :- 12.10.2023 Lalit Shukla High Court of Judicature at Allahabad