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2025 DAILYLAW 17116 (UTT)

BHAGAT SINGH AND ORS v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C528/2022/2025 · 2025-12-13

Daily Lok Adalat

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SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS 13.12.2025 C-528 No.2022 of 2025 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Ms. Shrtui Joshi, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned counsel Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Praveen Kumar, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. This petition under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S. 2023 has been filed for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 408 of 2025, State vs. Raj Kamboj and Others, arising out of Case Crime No. 233 of 2025, registered for offences under Sections 109(1), 304, 324(6), 351(3), 3(5), and 304(2) of the B.N.S. against applicant nos. 1 to 4, and under Sections 109(1), 304, 324(6), 351(3), 304(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 against applicant no. 5, Anita, including the F.I.R. dated 2025, the charge-sheet dated 05.08.2025, and the cognizance/summoning order dated 20.08.2025. 5. The matter is taken up today before the National Lok Adalat. 6. Applicant no. 5 is present in person before the Lok Adalat, while applicant nos. 1 to 4 are present through video conferencing. Respondent no. 2 is also present in person. All the parties have been duly identified by their respective learned counsel. 7. It is submitted by the parties that initially the F.I.R. has been filed against nine persons, however, after investigation, the charge sheet has been filed by the Investigating Officer against the present five accused persons/applicants. 8. Before the Lok Adalat, applicant no. 5 and respondent no. 2 submitted that they are real sister and brother and that the dispute in question arose purely out of a family discord for their ancestral property. It is further submitted that applicant nos. 1 to 4 are distant relatives and family friends. The parties have amicably resolved all their disputes and differences and have voluntarily entered into a compromise of their own free will, without any coercion or undue influence. They have categorically stated that they do not wish to pursue the criminal proceedings any further, in order to maintain peace, harmony, and cordial relations in their family life. 9. In view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties before the National Lok Adalat, the present C-528 petition stands disposed of in terms of the compromise. Accordingly, the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 408 of 2025, State vs. Raj Kamboj and Others, arising out of Case Crime No. 233 of 2025 are hereby quashed. 10. The compromise/settlement deed shall form part of the record. (Alok Mahra, J.) 13.12.2025 Mamta