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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
SAMIT GOPAL
Irfan Solanki – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SAMIT GOPAL, J.
1. Heard Sri Imran Ullah, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Mohit Singh and Sri Vineet Vikram, learned counsels for the applicant, Sri Manish Goel, learned Senior Advocate/Additional Advocate General assisted by Sri Rupak Chaubey, learned AGA-I for the State and perused the record.
2. This application under Section 528 B.N.S.S., 2023 has been filed by the applicant Irfan Solanki with the following prayers:-
“It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon’ble Court may graciously be pleased to allow the present Criminal Misc. Application and to quash/set-aside the entire proceedings of S.T. No. 838 of 2023 (State vs. Irfan Solanki and others), Under Section 3(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act, 1986 pending in the Court of Special Judge MP/MLA/Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 08, Kanpur Nagar arising out of Case Crime No.156/2022, Police Station- Jajmau, District Kanpur Nagar and also to quash the impugned charge sheet dated 27.06.2023 and the impugned cognizance/summoning order dated 21.07.2023 as well as the impugned order dated 30.08.2025 whereby discharge application of the applicant has been rejected and the impugned order dated 17
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The court emphasized that mere suspicion is insufficient to establish a conspiracy, requiring credible evidence for proceeding against an accused.
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The High Court can quash criminal proceedings based on compromise, even if the offence is non-compoundable, in accordance with the settled propositions by the Hon'ble Apex Court.
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The power of quashing criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code should be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional cases where no cognizable offense is disclosed in the FIR.
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