Abhijeet Prakash Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Home Deptt. and Another

Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10981 of 2023 Applicant :- Abhijeet Prakash Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Home Deptt. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Pankaj Kumar Tiwari,Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Kunwar Ravi Prakash Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J.

¶1Vakalatnama filed by Shri Kunwar Ravi Prakash, Advocate on behalf of respondent no. 2 is taken on record.

¶2Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 2.

¶3The present application has been filed with a prayer to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 6190 of 2019 (State Vs. Abhijeet Prakas Verma) arising out of in Case Crime No. 186 of 2017, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S. Mahila Thana, District Lucknow.

¶4Learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 jointly submit that in pursuance of the earlier order dated 27.09.2023 passed in Application u/s 482 No. 9340 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 13.10.2023. The compromise deed is appended as Annexure 1 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.

¶9For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed.

¶10Entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 6190 of 2019 (State Vs. Abhijeet Prakas Verma) arising out of in Case Crime No. 186 of 2017, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S. Mahila Thana, District Lucknow are hereby quashed.

¶11OfÏce is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 VKS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench