Mohit Bajpai and 2 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. and Another

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 2122 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J.

¶1Vakalatnama filed by Shri Akash Yadav, 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 learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 2.

¶3The present application has been filed with a prayer to quash the charge sheet dated 31.01.2025 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 67035 of 2025 arising out of F.I.R. No. 047 of 2024, under Sections 85, 74, 115, 351(2), 352 BNS and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Mahila Thana, 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 19.09.2025 passed in Application u/s 482 No. 1303 of 2025, 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

30.09.2025. The compromise deed is appended as Annexure 2 to the application, which goes to show that respondent no. 2 does not want to prosecute the applicants. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Avinash Kumar Srivastava, Sushil Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohit Bajpai And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)

¶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.

¶10Charge sheet dated 31.01.2025 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 67035 of 2025 arising out of F.I.R. No. 047 of 2024, under Sections 85, 74, 115, 351(2), 352 BNS and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Mahila Thana, District Lucknow are hereby quashed.

¶11Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the court concerned, forthwith. December 16, 2025 VKS NA528 No. 2122 of 2025 (Rajeev Singh,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench