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2025 DAILYLAW 17076 (UTT)

ANIL SINGH BISHT AND ORS v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C528/2257/2025 · 2025-12-18

Alok Kumar Verma

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2025:UHC:11360 I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTI CE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 1 8 TH DECEMBER, 2 0 2 5 CRI MI NAL MI SCELLANEOUS APPLI CATI ON NO.2 2 5 7 of 2 0 2 5 Anil Singh Bisht and Others .....Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand and Another ..…Respondents Counsel for the Applicant s : Mr. Tajhar Qayyum, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Akshay Latwal, No.1 Assistant Government Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Himanshu No.2/ informant Agarwal, Advocate. Hon ’ble Alok Ku m ar Ver m a,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.466 of 2022, “State Vs. Anil Singh Bisht and Others”, pending before the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramnagar, District Nainital under Sections 498A, 504 and Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 3 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 1 2025:UHC:11360 2 . Heard Mr. Tajhar Qayyum, learned counsel for the applicants-accused, Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the respondent no.1 and Mr. Himanshu Agarwal, learned counsel for the respondent no.2-informant. 3 . All the applicants are present through video conferencing. They are identified by Mr. Tajhar Qayyum, Advocate. The respondent no.2 is present in- person. She is identified by Mr. Himanshu Agarwal, Advocate. 4 . Applicant no.1 is the husband of the respondent no.2 and the respondent nos.2 to 4 are family members of the applicant no.1. 5 . Both, the applicants and the respondent no.2 submitted that they have settled their matrimonial 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.466 of 2022. 7 . The request of the respondent no.2 has not been opposed by the respondent no.1. 2 2025:UHC:11360 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.466 of 2022, “State Vs. Anil Singh Bisht and Others”, pending before the court of learned 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.466 of 2022, “State Vs. Anil Singh Bisht and Others”, pending before the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramnagar, District Nainital, are hereby quashed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt: 18.12.2025 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=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a 4a8038ee7326b08b2d0e018b01be7 53f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677 068452F32DE6BA960BFE64D819EE4 4CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.12.18 19:14:27 +05'30'