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:11149 WPCRL No.1622 of 2025 With (Compounding Appl. No.01 of 2025) Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Ms. Rajni Rangwal, learned counsel for the Petitioners. 2. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA assisted by Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Ankush Singhal, learned counsel for respondent nos.2 & 3. 4. This matter is being taken up in National Lok Adalat held on 13th December, 2025. 5. Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alongwith compounding application and the same is supported with the affidavits of petitioners and respondent nos.2 & 3. 6. Petitioner nos.1 & 2 as well as respondent no.3 are present before the National Lok Adalat while petitioner no.3-Pankaj Sagar and respondent no.2-Sikandar, who are currently in jail, are represented through their fathers. They are duly identified by their respective counsel. 7. By means of this criminal writ petition, petitioners have sought quashing of the impugned FIR No.237 of 2025 dated 24.06.2025 under Sections 109, 115, 190, 191(2), 191(3), 351 (2), 352 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 registered at Police Station Ramnagar, District Nainital, so far as it relates to the petitioners. Further prayer has been made directing the respondent no.1 not to arrest the petitioner nos.1 & 2 and not to take any coercive measure against the petitioners pursuant to the aforesaid impugned FIR. 8. 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. 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 entire proceedings arising out of the FIR No.237 of 2025 dated 24.06.2025 under Sections 109, 115, 190, 191(2), 191(3), 351 (2), 352 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 registered at Police Station Ramnagar, District Nainital, so far as it relates to the petitioners are hereby quashed. 12. The concerned Jailor, Haldwani, District Nainital is directed to release the petitioner no.3- Pankaj Sagar forthwith without any condition in case he is not wanted in any other case. 13. Accordingly instant writ petition stands disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 13.12.2025 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: 2025.12.16 15:36:59 +05'30'