JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Ajai Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Santosh Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2.

2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 7670 of 2020 (State vs. Aadesh and others), arising out of charge sheet no. 842 of 2018, dated 23.12.2018, under Sections 147, 323, 325, 352, 452 I.P.C., in Case Crime No. 1374 of 2016, Police Station-Kalyanpur, District-Kanpur Nagar, as well as bailable warrant dated 28.01.2019 on the basis of compromise between the applicants and opposite party no. 2.

3. The earlier order dated 13.10.2020, after taking into account the submissions made by the counsel for the applicants that parties have settled their dispute amicably, directed the court below to verify the factum of the compromise.

4. A report dated 04.12.2020 received from the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court no. 2, Kanpur is on record in terms whereof, the compromise between the parties has been verified.

5. In B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana & others, 2003 (46) ACC 779 (SC), it has been held that High Court is empowered to quash criminal proceedi