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:6447 (Compounding Appl. No.01 of 2025) In C528 No.170 of 2025 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. R.P. Nautiyal, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Pavan Kumar Nath, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. N.S. Kanyal, learned AGA for the State. 3. Mr. Himanshu Joshi, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Hem Pujari, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. Applicant as well as respondent no.2 are present through V.C. They are duly identified by their respective counsel. 5. By means of this C528 application, applicant has sought quashing of the charge sheet dated 26.04.2024, cognizance order dated 04.05.2024 as well as the proceedings of Criminal Case No.213 of 2024 State of Uttaranchal vs. Sanchit Tewari for the offence punishable under Section 307 of IPC pending before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chamoli, District Chamoli. 6. 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. 7. Learned State counsel has vehemently opposed the compounding application and submits that some of the offences are not compoundable. 8. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 9. 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. 10. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The charge sheet dated 26.04.2024, cognizance order dated 04.05.2024 as well as the proceedings of Criminal Case No.213 of 2024 State of Uttaranchal vs. Sanchit Tewari for the offence punishable under Section 307 of IPC pending before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chamoli, District Chamoli are hereby quashed. 11. Accordingly instant Criminal Misc. Application stands disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 22.07.2025 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: 2025.07.24 16:40:27 +05'30'