Allahabad High Court
AVI GUPTA AND 3 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- DEEPAK VERMA
Holding
The court held that a settled dispute renders the application under Section 482 CrPC infructious and must be dismissed.
Summary
The applicants filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking relief. Counsel for the applicants informed the court that the dispute between the parties had been settled, rendering the petition moot. The court considered whether the application could proceed in light of the settlement. It held that a settled matter makes the petition infructious and therefore cannot be entertained. Consequently, the application was dismissed as infructious.
Issues considered
- Whether an application under Section 482 CrPC can be entertained when the parties have settled the dispute?
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
Subjects
- settlement
- Section 482
- Criminal Procedure Code
- infructious application
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 33489 of 2022
Avi Gupta And 3 Others
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P And Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Nipun Singh, Prabhat Chandra Mishra
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Chandra Bhushan Prasad, G.A.
Court No. - 74
HON'BLE DEEPAK VERMA, J.
1. Sri Parijat Sharma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
applicants submits that the matter between the parties has been settled, as
such, the present petition has become infructious.
2. Accordingly, the present application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is dismissed as
infructuous.
(Deepak Verma,J.)
September 9, 2026
Nisha
Digitally signed by :-
nisha kumari
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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