2025:UHC:3681 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc Application No. 893 of 2024 Manoj Singh Alias Manoj Banjara …….Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand and Others .…..Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. D N Sharma, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned A.G. A. for the State. Ms. Manju Bahuguna, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 & 3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated : 08.05.2025 Hon'ble Vivek Bharti Sharma, J. This petition is filed by the petitioner/accused for quashing of the impugned charge sheet, cognizance/summoning order dated 05.01.2019 passed in Criminal Case No. 241 of 2019 under Sections 66(c), 67(A) of Information Technology Act, 2000 pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/3rd Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar as well as the entire proceedings of the above case qua the petitioner, in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. In view of the fact that a Compounding Application (IA 1 of 2025) was filed by the parties, this Court, vide order dated 23.04.2025, had directed the parties to appear before the Member 2025:UHC:3681 2 Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, Uttarakhand in order to get their statements recorded and to verify the compromise deed. 3. Pursuant to such order, Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, Uttarakhand has submitted the report dated 23.04.2025 which clearly indicates that the parties have settled the dispute amicably and have also verified the contents of the compromise deed. 4. In view of the above, Compounding Application (IA No.1/2025) is hereby allowed. As a consequence thereof, the cognizance/summoning order dated 05.01.2019 passed in Criminal Case No. 241 of 2019 under Sections 66(c), 67(A) of Information Technology Act, 2000 pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/3rd Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar as well as the entire proceedings of the above case are hereby quashed qua the petitioner. 5. Present petition is disposed of in terms of compromise arrived at between the parties. (Vivek Bharti Sharma, J.) 08.05.2025 Mamta 2025:UHC:3681 3