2025:UHC:8945 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 09TH OCTOBER, 2025 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 1792 OF 2025 Nikhil Adhikari ..... Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand and Another ..…Respondents Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Aditya Kumar, Advocate Counsel for the Respondent: Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, No.1 Brief Holder. Counsel for the Respondent: Mr. Shubhankar Tamta, No.2/Informant Advocate Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. This Application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.454 of 2023, “State vs. Nikhil Adhikari”, pending before the court of Ist Additional Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital under Section 380 and Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. Mr. Aditya Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant-accused. 3. Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the respondent no.1. 4. Mr. Shubhankar Tamta, learned counsel for 1 2025:UHC:8945 the respondent no.2-informant. 5. Applicant-accused is present in-person. He is identified by Mr. Aditya Kumar, Advocate. 6. The respondent no.2-informant is present in- person. He is identified by Mr. Shubhankar Tamta, Advocate. 7. Applicant-accused is the grandson of the respondent no.2-informant. 8. According to the respondent no.1, the applicant had stolen a Mang Tika and Rs.500/- of the respondent no.2. 9. Both, the applicant and the respondent no.2 submitted that they have filed a Compounding Application (IA No.2 of 2025) with affidavits with their free will and without any pressure. The respondent no.2 has requested to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.454 of 2023. 10. The said request of the respondent no.2 has not been opposed by Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, Brief Holder. 11. In the facts and circumstances of the case, ends of justice would be met if the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.454 of 2023, “State vs. Nikhil Adhikari”, pending before the court of Ist Additional 2 2025:UHC:8945 Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital, are quashed. 12. 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.454 of 2023, “State vs. Nikhil Adhikari”, pending before the court of Ist Additional Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital, are hereby quashed. ___________________ Date: 09.10.2025 ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. JKJ/Pant 3