2025:UHC:9885 SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS WPCRL No. 1390 of 2025 Hon ’ble Ash ish Nait h an i, J . Mr. Ravindra S Rawat, learned counsel for the Petitioner. 2. Mr. G.C. Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Mr. C.S. Dalakoti, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Rohit Kakkar, learned counsel for Respondent No. 3. 4. The present Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner - Ashok Gahlot S/o Khub Singh Gahlot against the Respondents, particularly Respondent No. 3- Prakash Kumar Sarkar alias Prakash Sarkar, with the following prayer: “(i)To issue a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned first information report dated 29.08.2025 being FIR No. 167 of 2025 for the offences punishable under Section 106(1), 281 of B.N.S., Police Station Dineshpur, District Udham Singh Nagar. (ii) To issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondent no. 2 not to arrest the petitioner in connection with impugned first information report dated 29.08.2025 being FIR No. 167 of 2025 for the offences punishable under Section 106 (1), 281 of BNS, 2023 Police Station Dineshpur, District Udham Singh Nagar.” 5. Today, the matter is listed for disposal of the Compounding Application (IA No. 02 of 2025, Paper No. 2025:UHC:9885 22), seeking permission to compound the offences on the ground that the parties have amicably settled their dispute. The application has been duly signed by both sides and endorsed by their respective learned counsel — Mr. Ravindra S Rawat, learned counsels for the Petitioner, and Mr. Rohit Kakkar, learned counsel for Respondent No. 3. Affidavits in support of the application have also been filed. 6. Learned State Counsel opposes the Compounding Application. 7. Petitioner and Respondent No. 3 are present before the Court. Both the parties have been duly identified by their respective learned counsel. 8. After interacting with all parties, this Court is satisfied that a genuine compromise has been arrived at between them. The Court finds that the statements made by the Petitioners and Respondent No. 3 are voluntary and bona fide, and that no element of duress, coercion, or undue pressure is involved. 9. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case and the nature of the offences involved, the Compounding Application (IA No. 02 of 2025) is allowed. The compromise between the parties is accepted. 10. Consequently, the impugned FIR No. 167 of 2025 for the offences punishable under Section 106 (1), 281 of BNS, 2023 Police Station Dineshpur, District Udham Singh Nagar, is hereby quashed, insofar as it relates to the present Petitioner, in terms of the compromise. 11. The Criminal Writ Petition stands disposed of 2025:UHC:9885 accordingly. 12. All pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. ( Ash ish Nait h an i, J.) 10.11.2025 Shiksha SHIKSHA BINJOLA Digitally signed by SHIKSHA BINJOLA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3410ef86ae41ec9fbabcd5dba6b3a2c24b5aa08b09c12f21822fbd40b f639b1c, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=FD80A2D028949381C52796A542D7FF0A9BED00E67B5283D2 05F18FE29BDF5DD9, cn=SHIKSHA BINJOLA Date: 2025.11.11 15:55:58 +05'30'