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2023 DAILYLAW 736 (UTT)

JYOTI v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C482/2511/2023 · 2026-04-27

Alok Mahra

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SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528 No.2511 of 2023 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Pranav Singh, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Eshan Sachdeva, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge sheet dated 01.05.2023, cognizance/summoning order dated 22.07.2023 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1865 of 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Haridwar on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. Compounding application (I.A. No.4 of 2026) is also filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 4. Applicant as well as respondent no.2 joined the proceedings through Video Conferencing, who have been duly identified by their learned counsel. 5. It is jointly submitted by the parties that the dispute inter se them has been amicably settled out of court, and they have mutually resolved all differences arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the applicant further submits that the applicant and son of the respondent no.2 have decided to part ways consensually. Accordingly, they have filed a petition under Section 27 of the U.C.C., before the Family Court, wherein the first motion has already been granted. The respondent no.2 has no intention to prosecute the applicant in the present proceedings. 6. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application. 7. Hon’ble Supreme Court, in a catena of its judgments, has observed that in cases where because of the compromise arrived at between the parties, possibility of conviction is remote and bleak, the High Court may quash the criminal proceedings as continuation of the same would cause great prejudice and injustice to the accused. 8. Following the aforesaid ratio, present compounding application is allowed. The offences between the parties are permitted to be compounded. As a result, entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1865 of 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. 9. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 27.04.2026 Arpan ARPAN JAISWAL Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a2 0dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109C B987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.04.27 18:03:00 +05'30'