HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application No.1100 of 2021 Rohtash Kumar and another .....Petitioners Vs. State of Uttarakhand and another ..... Respondents Present : Mr. Abhishek Verma, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Pankaj Joshi, A.G.A. for the State. Mr. Arjun Arora, Advocate for the respondent no.2. JUDGMENT Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) Instant petition has been preferred by the petitioners to quash the charge sheet dated 08.01.2021, summoning order dated 28.06.2021 as well as the entire proceedings of the Criminal Case No. 2262 of 2021, State Vs. Varun and others, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Kashipur, Distirct Udham Singh Nagar, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar (“the case”) on the basis of amicable settlement between the parties. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. A joint Compounding Application No. 2 of 2025 has been filed by the petitioners and respondent no.2 and the victim, supported with their affidavits. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that it is a matrimonial discord. The victim Anupam is the daughter of the respondent no.2. The respondent no.2 has filed an FIR, based on 2 which, charge sheet was submitted, which is basis of the case. The petitioners are mother in law and father in law of the victim Anupam. He submits that parties have amicably settled the dispute. 5. The respondent no.2, Ram Niwas and his daughter Anupam, the victim as well as petitioners are present in person before this Court duly identified by their respective counsel. They have submitted that they have settled the dispute between them. 6. The Court particularly asked the respondent no.2. the informant and the victim, they submit that they have settled the dispute with the petitioners. 7. Having considered all the attending factors, this Court is of the view that it is a case which may be decided on the basis of amicable settlement between the parties. Accordingly, the petition deserves to be allowed. 8. Accordingly, the instant petition is allowed. Charge sheet dated 08.01.2021, summoning order dated 28.06.2021as well as the entire proceedings of the case are hereby quashed qua the petitioners. 9. Compounding Application No. 2 of 2025 stands disposed of accordingly. (Ravindra Maithani, J.) 12.12.2025 Jitendra