Allahabad High Court
SANJEEV BANSAL AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- MADAN PAL SINGH
Holding
The application is dismissed as it has become infructuous due to the parties' settlement.
Summary
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. During the pendency of the proceedings, the parties reached an amicable settlement, and a copy of the settlement agreement was placed on record. Both counsel acknowledged the settlement. The court held that, in view of the settlement, there was nothing further to adjudicate and the application became infructuous. Consequently, the court dismissed the application as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether an application under Section 528 of the CrPC should continue when the parties have settled the dispute.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 528
Subjects
- settlement
- Section 528
- Criminal Procedure
- infructuous
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 17423 of 2025
Sanjeev Bansal And Another
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anurag Sharma
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Dilip Kumar Goswami, G.A., Narendra
Singh
Court No. - 81
HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J.
1. Sri Dilip Kumar Goswami, learned counsel appearing for opposite party
no. 2, states that during the pendency of the present proceedings, the parties
have amicably settled their dispute. A copy of the settlement agreement
entered into between the parties has been placed on record. The aforesaid
fact has not been denied by Sri Anurag Sharma, learned counsel for the
applicant..
2. In view of the aforesaid settlement arrived at between the parties, nothing
further remains to be adjudicated in the present application. Accordingly, the
present application has been rendered infructuous.
3. Accordingly, the present application is dismissed as having become
infructuous.
September 9, 2026
Akbar
(Madan Pal Singh,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD AKBAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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