2025:UHC:4516 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application U/s 482 No. 1537 of 2022 04 June, 2025 Sheenam Chawla and Another --Applicants Versus State Of Uttarakhand and Another --Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel for applicants. Mr. S.C. Dumka, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent No.1. Mr. M.K. Ray, learned counsel for respondent No.2. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. (Oral) Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of the present C482 application, the applicants have put to challenge the impugned judgment and order dated 10.08.2022 passed by learned Third Additional Sessions Judge, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar in Criminal Revision No.79 of 2020 Ankit Chawla and Another Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Another, whereby, the cognizance order dated 06.02.2020 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/5th Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar, in Criminal Case No.4443 of 2019 Smt. Neeta Anand Vs. Ankit Chawla and Another, was upheld, on the basis of the compromise entered into between the parties to settle all the litigations pending between the parties in O.S. No.238 of 2021 Sheenam Chawla Vs. Nakul Anand, under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act. 1 2025:UHC:4516 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the parties that the mutual divorce petition has been allowed and the mutual divorce has been granted to Sheenam Chawla (applicant No.1) and Nakul Anand (son of respondent No.2) on 25.08.2021. 4. Applicants-Sheenam Chawla (ex-wife of Nakul Anand) and Ankit Chawla (brother of applicant No.1) are present through V.C. while respondent No.2-Smt. Neeta Anand is present before this Court, who are duly identified by their respective counsel. This Court has interacted with both the parties and it has been stated by them that they have amicably settled the dispute after having taken the mutual divorce by Sheenam Chawla (applicant No.1) and Nakul Anand (son of respondent No.2), and, therefore, they do not want to pursue with any litigations pending between them. 5. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the parties as well as by the parties who are present before this Court through V.C. and personally, this Court is of the view that when the amicable settlement has been arrived at between the parties, there is no point of keeping this litigation pending between them. 6. Per contra, learned State Counsel submits that since the dispute has already been settled between the parties and the divorce petition has already been granted, therefore, State has got no objection, if the matter is settled on the basis of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 2 2025:UHC:4516 7. Accordingly, the C482 application is allowed on the basis of the compromise arrived at between the parties. Consequent thereto, the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.4443 of 2019 Smt. Neeta Anand Vs. Ankit Chawla and Another, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/5th Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar, is hereby quashed. Judgments and orders impugned in the present C482 application, stand quashed. 8. Interim order dated 06.09.2022 stands vacated. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 04.06.2025 PN 3 PREETI NEGI Digitally signed by PREETI NEGI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe38331ba c55c78b5f9f0276c16432f6aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81FAE064 498483A83D84BDB0F9229D5BF08D959AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2025.06.05 15:29:38 +05'30'