2025:UHC:9605 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 30TH OCTOBER, 2025 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO.1922 of 2025 Rizwan Qureshi and Others .....Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand and Another ..…Respondents Counsel for the Applicant s : Mrs. Sheetal Selwal, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Pradeep Lohani, No.1 Brief Holder. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Sunny Kumar, No.2/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.71 of 2021, “State Vs. Rizwan and Others”, pending before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramnagar, District Nainital under Sections 323, 498A, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and under the provisions of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights On Marriage) Act, 2019. 1 2025:UHC:9605 2. Heard Mrs. Sheetal Selwal, learned counsel for the applicants-accused, Mr. Pradeep Lohani, learned Brief Holder for the respondent no.1 and Mr. Sunny Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent no.2- informant/victim. 3. Applicants are present in-person. They are identified by Mrs. Sheetal Selwal, Advocate. The respondent no.2 is present in-person. She is identified by Mr. Sunny Kumar, Advocate. 4. According to the applicants and the respondent no.2, the Nikah (marriage) was solemnized between the applicant no.1 and the respondent no.2 on 02.11.2016. The applicant no.2 is the brother and the applicant no.3 is the mother of the applicant no.1. 5. Both, the applicants and the respondent no.2 submitted that they have settled their disputes and after resolving their disputes, 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.71 of 2021. 2 2025:UHC:9605 7. The said request of the respondent no.2 has not been opposed by the respondent no.1. 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.71 of 2021, “State Vs. Rizwan and Others”, pending before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramnagar, District Nainital, 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.71 of 2021, “State Vs. Rizwan and Others”, pending before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramnagar, District Nainital, are hereby quashed. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:30.10.2025 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=6f1c15b6305912b3f 008e9a4a8038ee7326b08b2d 0e018b01be753f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779 FB9677068452F32DE6BA960 BFE64D819EE44CA9CCE487B 2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.10.30 19:25:50 +05'30'