2025:UHC:8282 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO.1592 of 2025 Pintu Sonkar and Others ..... Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand and Another ..…Respondents Counsel for the Applicants : Mr. Nalin Saun, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Tumul Nainwal, No.1 Assistant Government Advocate assisted by Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, Brief Holder. Counsel for the Respondent no.2/ : Mr. Gaurav Paliwal, Informant/victim Advocate. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. The present Application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.8417 of 2024, “State Vs. Pintu Sonkar and Others”, pending before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun under Sections 323, 498A, 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 3 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Applicant no.1 is the husband of the respondent no.2-informant/victim. Applicant no.2 is the 1 2025:UHC:8282 brother and the applicant no.3 is the mother of the applicant no.1. 3. Heard Mr. Nalin Saun, learned counsel for the applicants, Mr. Tumul Nainwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the respondent no.1 and Mr. Gaurav Paliwal, learned counsel for the respondent no.2-informant/victim. 4. All the applicants-accused are present through video conferencing. They are identified by Mr. Nalin Saun, Advocate. The respondent no.2 is present through video conferencing. She is identified by Mr. Gaurav Paliwal, Advocate. 5. Both, the applicant no.1 and the respondent no.2 have submitted that they are living together. They have filed a Compounding Application (IA No.01 of 2025) and affidavits with their free will and without any pressure. 6. The respondent no.2 has requested to quash the entire proceedings of the said Criminal Case No. 8417 of 2024. 7. The respondent no.1 has no objection to the compounding application. 2 2025:UHC:8282 8. Considering the totality of the matter, this Court is of the view that ends of justice would be met if the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.8417 of 2024, “State Vs. Pintu Sonkar and Others”, pending before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are quashed. 9. Resultantly, the present Application, filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is allowed and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.8417 of 2024, “State Vs. Pintu Sonkar and Others”, pending before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are hereby quashed. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:17.09.2025 Neha 3 NEHA BISHT Digitally signed by NEHA BISHT DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a4a8038ee7326b08 b2d0e018b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677068452F32DE6BA 960BFE64D819EE44CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.09.17 18:45:47 +05'30'