NA528/23732/2025 of RAGHUVENDRA AND 3 OTHERS Vs STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 23732 of 2025 Court No. - 79 HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with the prayer to quash the charge sheet No.31/2024 dated 10.03.2024 arising out of Case Crime No.11 of 2024, under Sections 498A, 323, 506 I.P.C. & Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Mahila Thana, District Mathura pending in the court of Civil Judge (J.D.), Fast Track Court (Offence against the Women), Judicial Magistrate, Mathura. 3. The matter was referred to the Mediation Centre of this Court vide order dated 09.07.2025 for making an effort between the parties for settling their disputes amicably. 4. As per report of Mediation Centre dated 14.11.2025 the parties have amicably settled their dispute and further agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them. 5. As per the report from the Mediation Centre of this Court is on record which states that mediation between the parties is successful. 6. Learned counsel for the applicants argued that parties have settled the dispute amicably before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and the applicant no. 1(husband) and the opposite party no. 2(wife) have decided to dissolve their relationship as husband and wife, para-7(a) and therefore the impugned proceedings/summoning order/charge sheet be quashed on the ground of settlement arrived at between the parties. 7. From perusal of the report of Mediation Centre of this Court, it appears that in pursuance of the said order the mediation proceedings were taken up which ended in a settlement dated 14.11.2025 between the parties and the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, Saagar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Kartikey Singh Raghuvendra And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Mediation succeeded and they have decided to dissolve their relationship. The parties have settled their grievances and even the dispute arising in the present matter. The parties have agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them, the said fact is mentioned in para 7(g) of the said mediation report. 8. Learned State counsel could not dispute the factum of compromise between the parties which is on record. 9. 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. 10. 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/summoning order as prayed for by the applicants. 11. The present application is allowed. 12. The impugned charge-sheet and proceedings of the aforesaid case are hereby quashed. March 19, 2026 MN/- NA528 No. 23732 of 2025 2 (Tej Pratap Tiwari,J.)