2025:UHC:5098 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS IA No.01 of 2025 (Compounding Application) In C-528 No. 184 of 2025 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Shubham Pandey, learned counsel for the Applicants. 2. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA assisted by Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Yogesh Kumar Arya, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. This criminal misc. application is filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. by the Applicants for quashing of the charge-sheet dated 03.08.2019, cognizance/summoning order dated 23.10.2019 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.7389 of 2019, titled as “State vs. Saurabh Neolia & Others” pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital for the offence punishable under Sections 325, 498-A of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, at P.S. Haldwani, District Nainital, in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 5. As per the order-sheet dated 25.04.2025, learned counsel for the Respondent no.2 and learned counsel for petitioners had submitted before the Court that the parties have entered into a compromise and pursuant to this, they have jointly filed a compounding application to compound the offence alleged against the petitioners but petitioner nos. 2, 3 & 4 could not appear as they are residing in Lucknow. Thereafter, vide order dated 14.05.2025, they are permitted to appear through V.C. and that respondent no.2 does not want to prosecute the petitioners; that, in this light, a Compounding Application (IA No.01 of 2025) alongwith affidavits of the petitioners and 2025:UHC:5098 respondent no.2 had been filed before the Court; directions were passed by the Coordinate Bench vide order dated 14.05.2025 that the parties to appear before the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, District Nainital, who in turn would take their Aadhar Cards for identification and will verify and authenticate the contents of the compounding application by recording the statements of the parties. 6. Learned Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, District Nainital has submitted his report dated 24.05.2025, which is part of the record, which clearly indicates that the parties have settled the dispute amicably and they do not wish to prosecute the petitioners and have also verified the contents of the compromise. 7. In view of the above, Compounding Application (IA No.01 of 2025) is allowed. As a consequence thereof, the charge-sheet dated 03.08.2019, cognizance/summoning order dated 23.10.2019 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.7389 of 2019, titled as “State vs. Saurabh Neolia & Others” pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital for the offence punishable under Sections 325, 498-A of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, at P.S. Haldwani, District Nainital are hereby quashed. 8. Present Criminal Misc. Application u/s 528 of B.N.S.S. is, thus, disposed of in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 18.06.2025 Akash