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Case Details
Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:196062 Court No. - 80 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 5657 of 2024 Applicant :- Varun Tyagi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mohd. Hasham,Syed Faiz Hasnain,Syed Riyaz Askari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Virendra Jaiswal With Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6103 of 2024 Applicant :- Varun Tyagi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mohd. Hasham,Syed Faiz Hasnain,Syed Riyaz Askari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Virendra Jaiswal Hon'ble Samit Gopal,J. 1. List revised.
Legal Reasoning
2. Heard Sri Syed Riyaz Askari, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Virendra Jaiswal, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2, Sri Birendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the State and perused the records. 3. The application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. No. 5657 of 2024 has been filed by the applicant Varun Tyagi with the following prayers :- "It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to set aside / quash summoning order dated 08.09.2022 and bailable warrant dated 18.01.2024 under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act in Case No. 682 of 2022 (Rama Shyama Papers Pvt. Ltd. through Authorized Sales Manater Sunil Kumar Goyal son of Rajendra Kumar Goyal vs. Varun Tyagi, Cuboid Volume Projects), Police Station Kotwali, District Bareilly, passed by Additional Judge (N.I. Act), District Bareilly. It is also most respectfully prayed in the interest of justice that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to stay the effect and operation of the summoning order dated 08.09.2022 and bailable warrant dated 18.01.2024 under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act in Case No. 682 of 2022 (Rama Shyama Papers Pvt. Ltd. through Authorized Sales Manater Sunil Kumar Goyal son of Rajendra Kumar Goyal vs. Varun Tyagi, Cuboid Volume Projects), Police Station Kotwali, District Bareilly, passed by Additional Judge (N.I. Act), District Bareilly. It is also prayed that no coercive / consequential action be taken against the applicant during the pendency of the present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C.; otherwise the applicant shall suffer irreparable loss and injury." and application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. No. 6103 of 2024 has been filed by the same applicant Varun Tyagi with the following prayers: "It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to set aside / quash summoning order dated 27.01.2020, under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act in Case No. 2189 of 2019 (Rama Shyama Papers Pvt. Ltd. vs. Varun Tyagi), Police Station Kotwali, District Bareilly passed by the Additional Special Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 7, Bareilly. It is also most respectfully prayed in the interest of justice that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to stay the effect and operation of the summoning order dated 27.01.2020, under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act in Case No. 2189 of 2019 (Rama Shyama Papers Pvt. Ltd. vs. Varun Tyagi), Police Station Kotwali, District Bareilly passed by the Additional Special Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 7, Bareilly. It is also prayed that no coercive / consequential action be taken against the applicant during the pendency of the present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C.; otherwise the applicant shall suffer irreparable loss and injury." 4. The matters were referred to the Mediation Centre of this Court vide orders dated 04.03.2024 and 06.03.2024 in respective application for making an effort between the parties for settling their disputes amicably. 5. As per report of Mediation Centre dated 11.09.2024, the parties have amicably settled their dispute and further agreed to withdraw the cases going on between them. 6. As per the office report dated 30.05.2023, a reports from the Mediation Centre of this Court is on record in respective application which states that mediation between the parties is successful. 7. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that parties have settled the dispute amicably before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and the applicant and the opposite party no. 2 have decided to settle their dispute with condition that applicant would pay amount of Rs.8,50,000/- to the opposite party no. 2 by way of demand draft and therefore the impugned proceedings / summoning order be quashed on the ground of settlement arrived at between the parties. 8. 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 11.09.2024 between the parties and the Mediation succeeded and they have decided to settle their dispute with condition that applicant would pay amount of Rs.8,50,000/- to the opposite party no. 2 by way of demand draft. 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(f) of the said mediation report. 9. Learned State counsel could not dispute the factum of compromise between the parties which is on record. 10. 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. 11. 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 applicant. 12. The applications are allowed. 13. The impugned summoning order dated 08.09.2022 and 27.01.2020 and proceedings of the aforesaid cases are hereby quashed. Order Date :- 13.12.2024 Manoj (Samit Gopal,J.)