SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS 2025:UHC:5903 IA No.1 of 2024 (Compounding Application) In C528 No.301 of 2024 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Raj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the Applicants. 2. Mr. Rakesh Negi, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand/1. 3. Mr. Sachin Panwar, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Pramod Kumar, learned counsel for the private respondent no.2. 4. The present Application has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.616 of 2020, “State Vs. Bharti Gautam and others”, under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of IPC, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar. 5. Along with C528 application, a compounding application has been signed by the parties and has been filed, which is duly supported by separate affidavits of applicants and private respondent no.2. 6. Learned counsel for the parties have filed their respective affidavits along with the compounding application stating therein that they do not want to pursue the present criminal case any further and a settlement has reached between them. 7. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 8. In view of the principle of law laid down by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303 as well as in Transfer Petition (Criminal) No. 115 of 2012 (Dimpey Gujral vs. Union Territory of Chandigarh) decided on 06.12.2012, criminal proceedings can be quashed by this Court, if this Court is satisfied that matter has been settled between the parties amicably and parties are interested to restore peace and harmony between them. 9. Keeping in view of the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that ends of justice would be met, if the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.616 of 2020, “State Vs. Bharti Gautam and others”, under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of IPC, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. 10. In view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.616 of 2020, “State Vs. Bharti Gautam and others”, under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of IPC, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, are hereby quashed 11. The Criminal Miscellaneous Application, filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, is disposed of accordingly. (Ashish Naithani, J) 09.07.2025 Nitesh/