Manoj Kashyap @ Manoj Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Civil Sectt. Lko. and 4 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9528 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J.

¶1Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record.

¶2Heard.

¶3This application has been filed with the following prayer:- "To quash the entire proceedings of S.T. No. 3007 of 2023 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, P.O.C.S.O. Act/Additional District and Session Judge, Lucknow arising out of F.I.R. No. 247 of 2023 u/s 376(3), 504, 323, 506 I.P.C. and Section 5/6 P.O.C.S.O. Act, Police Station-Aliganj, District-Lucknow and the charge-sheet dated 30.09.2023 in terms of compromise dated 29.10.2025."

¶4Learned counsel for the parties jointly submitted that vide order dated

14.11.2025, a direction was given to the court concerned to verify the factum of compromise executed by the parties. In pursuance of the aforesaid order, learned court concerned had verified the contents of compromise.

¶5Learned counsel for the parties jointly submitted that the parties have entered into compromise, which has duly been verified by the court concerned vide report/order dated 21.11.2025.

¶6Learned counsel for the applicant has undertaken that the process of registration of marriage of the applicant and the victim is also going on Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : J.B. Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Pradeep Chaurasia, Ranjeet Yadav Manoj Kashyap @ Manoj Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Civil Sectt. Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) and the same will be completed within 15 days.

¶7Learned A.G.A. has fairly conceded that compromise has been effected between the parties and the same has duly been verified by the court concerned.

¶8Hon'ble Apex Court in catena of decisions has held that inherent power can be used to do real and substantial justice as has been held in 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. 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.

¶9In view of the aforesaid and the fact that parties do not want to pursue the case any further, the matter is purely of personal nature, which has been mutually settled between the parties by way of the compromise, therefore, no useful purpose would be served in proceeding with the matter further.

¶10For the discussions made above, the present application is allowed. The entire proceedings of S.T. No. 3007 of 2023 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, P.O.C.S.O. Act/Additional District and Session Judge, Lucknow arising out of F.I.R. No. 247 of 2023 u/s 376(3), 504, 323, 506 I.P.C. and Section 5/6 P.O.C.S.O. Act, Police Station-Aliganj, District-Lucknow and the charge-sheet dated 30.09.2023 are hereby quashed.

¶11Office is directed to communicate this order to learned trial Court, forthwith. December 16, 2025 Arpan A482 No. 9528 of 2025 (Rajeev Singh,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench