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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Imran Ansari – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.
Heard the parties.
2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of B.N.S.S., 2023 with the prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding as also the FIR including the order dated 18.09.2025 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Hazaribagh by which cognizance has been taken for the offence punishable under Sections 126 (2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 351(2)/3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023 in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No. 176 of 2024, corresponding to G.R. No. 1988 of 2025.
3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the case has not yet been committed to the court of Sessions and charge has not yet been framed.
4. It is jointly submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 by drawing attention of this Court to the Interlocutory Application No.1647 of 2026 which is supported by separate affidavits of both the petitioners and the opposite party no. 2 that therein it has categorically been mentioned that the parties have settled their dispute outside the Court and the informant does not want to
High Court quashed proceedings under inherent powers upon parties' settlement in petty neighbourhood dispute over cattle grazing, as conviction remote, continuation abuses process, following guidelin....
The court can quash criminal proceedings when a private dispute is resolved through compromise, indicating a remote chance of conviction and preventing abuse of the legal process.
The High Court can quash criminal proceedings based on settlement between parties if continuation poses an injustice, especially in non-heinous, private disputes.
The High Court can quash criminal proceedings based on amicable settlement between parties, especially when the offences are not heinous and continuation would cause hardship.
The High Court may quash criminal proceedings when parties reach a compromise, particularly in non-heinous offences, as continuation of proceedings may cause undue hardship.
The High Court can quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure if the parties have settled their disputes, provided the offences are not heinous and the continuatio....
The High Court may quash FIRs for non-serious offences if the parties have fully settled their dispute, serving the interests of justice and preventing abuse of process.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the High Court has the inherent power to quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code, especially when the parties have settled th....
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