2025:UHC:2695 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc Application No. 375 of 2025 09 April, 2025 Manoj Kumar ……..Petitioner/accused Versus State Of Uttarakhand and another ………Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Abhishek Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner/accused. Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned A.G. A. for the State. Mr. Arjun Arora, learned counsel for respondent no.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated : 09.04.2025 Hon'ble Vivek Bharti Sharma, J. This petition is filed by the petitioners/accused for quashing of the impugned chargesheet, cognizance /summoning order dated 04.10.2023 passed in Criminal Case No. 2662 of 2023 under Sections 323, 498-A, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate/1st Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar as well as the entire proceedings of the above case qua the petitioners, in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 2. In view of the fact that a Compounding Application was filed by the parties, this Court, 2025:UHC:2695 2 vide order dated 26.03.2025, had directed the parties to appear before the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Udham Singh Nagar in order to get their statements recorded and to verify the compromise deed. 3. Pursuant to such order, Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Udham Singh Nagar has submitted the report dated 04.04.2025 which clearly indicates that the parties have settled the dispute amicably and have also verified the contents of the compromise deed. 4. In view of the above, Compounding Application (IA No.1/2024) is hereby allowed. As a consequence thereof, the impugned chargesheet, cognizance /summoning order dated 04.10.2023 passed in Criminal Case No. 2662 of 2023 under Sections 323, 498-A, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate/1st Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar as well as the entire proceedings of the above case are hereby quashed qua the petitioners. 5. Present petition is disposed of in terms of compromise arrived at between the parties. (Vivek Bharti Sharma, J.) 09.04.2025 Mamta 2025:UHC:2695 3