Keshav Kumar and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko and Another

Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10540 of 2023 Applicant :- Keshav Kumar And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Preeti Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J.

¶1Vakalatnama filed by Shri Narvind Kumar Singh, Advocate on behalf of respondent no. 2 is taken on record.

¶2Heard learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

¶3The present application has been filed with a prayer to quash the charge sheet dated 07.09.2015 as well as summoning order dated 03.08.2016 passed in Case No. 36432 of 2016 (presently S.T. No. 292 of 2023) arising out of Case Crime No. 303A of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 504 I.P.C., P.S. Gosainganj, District Lucknow.

¶4Learned counsel for the applicants and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 jointly submit that in pursuance of the earlier order dated 17.08.2023 passed in Application u/s 482 No. 8069 of 2023, the matter was sent before the court below for verification of the compromise deed.

¶5It is evident from the record that the factum of the compromise has been verified by the court below vide his report dated 06.10.2023. The compromise deed is appended as Annexure 5 to the application, which goes to show that respondent no. 2 does not want to prosecute the applicant.

¶6Learned A.G.A. fairly concedes that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court below.

¶7Hon'ble Apex Court, in catena of decisions, viz., 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, has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice. 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.

¶8In view of the aforesaid fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further and the matter has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter any further.

¶8For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed.

¶9Charge sheet dated 07.09.2015 as well as summoning order dated 03.08.2016 passed in Case No. 36432 of 2016 (presently S.T. No. 292 of 2023) arising out of Case Crime No. 303A of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 504 I.P.C., P.S. Gosainganj, District Lucknow are hereby quashed.

¶10OfÏce is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. Order Date :- 30.10.2023 VKS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench