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

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 12266 of 2024 Court No. - 76 HON'BLE VIKRAM D. CHAUHAN, J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Javed Alam, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and learned A.G.A. for the State.

¶2This application has been filed for quashing the charge-sheet dated 4.10.2021 along with cognizance order dated 28.3.2022 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra, as well as, entire proceedings of Case No. 47818 of 2022, State Vs. Ajaruddin & others, arising out of case crime No. 367 of 2021, under sections 498A, 323 I.P.C. and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Malpura, District Agra, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.2 Agra.

¶3Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the compromise has already been entered between the parties on

26.08.2025 and the same has been verified by the court concerned on 26.08.2025, therefore, the present case be finally decided.

¶4Learned counsel for opposite party no.2 has not disputed the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandra Bhushan Prasad, Sunil Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Firoz Ahmad Khan, G.A., Javed Alam Ajaruddin And 5 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) facts as stated by learned counsel for the applicants. He further contended that opposite party no.2 does not want to proceed with the criminal case against the applicants and the same may be quashed.

¶5Learned AGA does not dispute the fact that parties have entered into settlement which is duly verified by the court concerned. It is further submitted that he would have no objection in case criminal proceedings are put to an end. He further submits that in view of settlement there is virtually no chance of any conviction being recorded in the criminal proceedings.

¶6Having examined the matter in its totality, this Court is of the view that the criminal proceedings in the present case had essentially been an outcome of a matrimonial dispute; and there are no such over bearing circumstances for which the applicants ought to be prosecuted even after the parties has entered into a settlement. Needless to observe that with the present stand of the parties in terms of their settlement, there is practically no chance of recording conviction, even if the case under the F.I.R. in question is put to trial. In other words, entire exercise of trial would only be an exercise in futility. On the contrary, looking to the nature of dispute and the fact that the disputants have compromised and want to proceed peacefully ahead, it would be in the interest of justice that criminal proceedings in question are quashed.

¶7It would be unfair or contrary to the interest of justice to continue with the criminal proceeding or continuation of the criminal proceeding would tantamount to abuse of process of law despite settlement and compromise between the victim and the wrongdoer and to secure the ends of justice, it is appropriate that the criminal case is put to an end.

¶8In view of the fact that the parties do not want to pursue the case any further as stated by them and the fact that matter has A482 No. 12266 of 2024 been mutually settled between the parties in view of the compromise dated 26.08.2025, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further.

¶9Thus, in view of the well settled principles of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Parbatbhai Aahir Vs. State of Gujarat (2017) 9 SCC 641, Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303 and State of M.P. Vs. Laxmi Narayan, (2019) 5 SCC 688, the proceedings of the aforesaid case is hereby quashed.

¶10The present application is, accordingly, allowed. September 26, 2025 S.Prakash A482 No. 12266 of 2024 (Vikram D. Chauhan,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad