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2025 DAILYLAW 12372 (UTT)

JASHANDEEP SINGH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPCRL/1262/2025 · 2025-10-15

Ashish Naithani

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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:9245 WPCRL No.1262 of 2025 with (Compounding Appl. No.01 of 2025) Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Amanjot Singh Chadha, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. N.S. Kanyal, learned AGA for the State. 3. Mr. Mohit Bhauryal, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alongwith compounding application and the same is supported with the affidavits of petitioner and respondent no.2. 5. Petitioner as well as respondent no.2 are present in the Court. They are duly identified by their respective counsel. 6. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought quashing of the FIR No.408 dated 15.09.2025 registered at Police Station Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the consequential proceedings. Further prayer has been made to stay the operation of the FIR till the final disposal of the writ petition. 7. Learned counsel for the parties have filed their respective affidavits along with the compounding application stating therein that they do not wish to pursue the present criminal case any further and a compromise has been entered between them. 8. Learned State counsel has opposed the compounding application and submits that some of the offences are not compoundable. 9. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 10. In view of the principle of law laid down by Ho’ble the Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303, 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 interest to restore peace and harmony between them. 11. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The FIR No.408 dated 15.09.2025 registered at Police Station Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom including any charge sheet, complaint or other proceedings are hereby quashed. 12. Accordingly instant writ petition stands disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 15.10.2025 Arti ARTI SINGH Digitally signed by ARTI SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=487ed955e722ba65aab55409e686c12fb83a19325e8b66890fbee418e7b69c0d, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=26DC90E00D839E3E8714131F235087D2D87E133C57E7F4A7B2E734BE2521F982, cn=ARTI SINGH Date: 2025.10.16 12:35:11 +05'30'