Allahabad High Court
SMT. PHOOL JAHAN AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- PRASHANT MISHRA I
Holding
The High Court exercised its inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and quashed the criminal case.
Summary
The applicants, Smt. Phool Jahan and another, filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash Criminal Case No. 252 of 2014, which involved offences under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC. The parties had entered into a compromise, and a compromise deed was filed and verified by the trial court on 16‑12‑2025. The opposite party and the Additional Government Advocate raised no objection to the compromise. The High Court, noting that the matter was settled and the deed was verified, exercised its inherent powers under Section 482 to quash the pending criminal proceedings. Consequently, the application was allowed and the case was dismissed.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can quash pending criminal proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C. when the parties have reached a compromise.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
- Indian Penal Code — s. 420, 467, 468, 471
Subjects
- compromise
- quash
- Section 482
- High Court
- pending criminal case
- Indian Penal Code
- Criminal Procedure Code
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7913 of 2017
Smt. Phool Jahan And Another
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Avdhesh Kumar, Satyendra Narayan
Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Shiv Prakash Tewari
Court No. - 84
HON'BLE PRASHANT MISHRA-I, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit is filed by learned counsel for the applicants
and it is taken on record.
2. Sri Anurag Srivastava, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Avdhesh
Kumar, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Rakesh Kumar Yadav,
learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Shiv Prakash Tewari, learned
counsel for Opposite Party No. 2 and learned A.G.A. for the State are
present.
3. The instant application under Section 482, Cr.P.C. has been filed for
quashing the Case No. 252 of 2014 (State Vs. Smt. Phool Jahan) under
Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, I.P.C. Police Station- Bilari District-
Moradabad, arising out of the Case Crime No. 287 of 2000 in Charge
Sheet No.155 of 2013 pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate
Thakurdwara, District- Moradabad.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant apprised the Court that both the
parties have entered into a compromise. The compromise deed has been
filed by way of supplementary affidavit which has also been verified by
the concerned Trial Court on 16.12.2025. He prays that since now the
matter has been compromised and now nothing remains to be decided the
instant application may be allowed.
5. Learned counsel for Opposite Party No. 2 and learned A.G.A. has no
objection to the aforesaid.
6. Taking note of the aforesaid submissions, since the matter has been
settled and a compromise deed has also been verified by the Trial Court,
the proceedings of Case No. 252 of 2014 (State Vs. Smt. Phool Jahan)
under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, I.P.C. Police Station- Bilari District-
Moradabad, arising out of the Case Crime No.287 of 2000 in Charge
Sheet No.155 of 2013 pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate
A482 No. 7913 of 2017
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Thakurdwara, District- Moradabad are hereby quashed.
7. In view of the aforesaid observations, the present application is
allowed.
(Prashant Mishra-I,J.)
May 12, 2026
Saurabh
Digitally signed by :-
SAURABH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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