Allahabad High Court
RAJ PAL SINGH AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- SAMIT GOPAL
Holding
The High Court quashed the entire criminal proceedings on the ground of a valid settlement between the parties.
Summary
The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the criminal proceedings (Complaint Case No. 7126 of 2018, Crime No. 51 of 2019) arising under Sections 323, 504, 506, 406 and 342 of the IPC. The trial court had earlier ordered the parties to file a compromise deed, which was subsequently verified and not contested by the State. The State raised no objection to the settlement. Relying on a line of Supreme Court decisions that allow the High Court to quash criminal cases where the parties have settled their disputes, the Court held that the present matter was suitable for exercise of its inherent powers under Section 482. Consequently, the application was allowed and the entire criminal proceedings were quashed.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can exercise its inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings on the basis of a settlement between the parties.
- Whether a compromise deed verified by the trial court suffices to bar continuation of the criminal case.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
- Indian Penal Code — s. 323, 342, 406, 504, 506
Subjects
- settlement
- quash
- Section 482
- compromise deed
- High Court jurisdiction
- IPC offences
- criminal procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2211 of 2022
Raj Pal Singh And Another
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhishek, Anurag Sharma
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ajay Singh, G.A.
Court No. - 75
HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J.
1. List revised.
2. Heard Sri Abhishek, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Ajay Singh,
learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2, Sri V.D. Ojha, learned counsel
for the State and perused the records.
3. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the
applicants Raj Pal Singh and Anurag Singh, with the prayer to allow the
present application and quash the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.
7126 of 2018, arising out of case crime No. 51 of 2019, under Sections 323,
504, 506, 406, 342 I.P.C., P.S.- Pallavpuram, District Meerut, pending in the
court of ACJM, (S.D.), Court No.7, Meerut and with a further prayer to stay
the further proceedings of the said case.
4. Learned counsel for the applicants states that an order was passed by this
Court vide order dated 18.11.2025 directing the applicants to file the said
compromise deed before the court concerned which was to be verified by the
court concerned. In pursuance of the said order, the court concerned vide
order dated 02.01.2026 verified the said compromise, copy of the same is on
record. The same is not disputed by learned counsel for the opposite party
no.2.
5. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the said proposition.
6. The law with regards to quashing of a case on the basis of settlement
arrived between the parties, is well settled. The Apex Court in the cases of
(1) B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another: (2003)4
SCC 675; (2) Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation :
(2008) 9 SCC 677; (3) Manoj Sharma Vs. State and others: ( 2008) 16
SCC 1; (4) Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab: (2012) 10 SCC 303; (5)
Shaifullah and others Vs. State of U.P. And another: 2013 (83) ACC 278
and (6) Parbatbhai Ahir@Parbatbhai @ Bhimsinbhai Karmur and
others Vs. State of Gujarat and another: (2017) 9 SCC 641 has held that
the cases in which the parties have settled their grievances can be quashed.
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7. From perusal of the records and the law laid down by the Apex Court on
the subject matter, the present case is a good case for exercising powers by
this Court to quash the proceedings, charge sheet as well as
cognizance/summoning order as prayed for by the applicant(s).
8. The present application is allowed.
9. The entire proceedings of the aforesaid case are is quashed.
(Samit Gopal,J.)
May 12, 2026
M. ARIF
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD ARIF
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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