2025:UHC:2966 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc Application No. 388 of 2025 (u/s 528 of B.N.S.S.) 22 April, 2025 Hemant Bhatt & Ors. --Petitioners Versus State Of Uttarakhand & Anr. --Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Presence:- Mr. Rajendra Arya, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Neeraj Garg, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Deepak Bisht, Deputy A.G. with Mr. Akshay Latwal, A.G.A. for the State/respondent no.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Vivek Bharti Sharma, J. (Oral) By means of present petition, petitioners seek to quash the charge-sheet dated 16.02.2023 in case crime no.101 of 2022 and the summoning order dated 18.05.2023 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3372 of 2023 “State vs. Hemant Bhatt”, under Sections 498A, 323, 504 of IPC and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of 2nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. 2. In view of the fact that a Compounding Application was filed by the parties before this Court, this Court, vide order dated 26.03.2025, had directed the parties to appear before the Secretary, DLSA, Dehradun to get their statements recorded and to verify the compromise deed. 3. Pursuant to such order, Secretary, DLSA, Dehradun has submitted report dated 02.04.2025 which indicates that the 1 2025:UHC:2966 parties have settled the dispute amicably and have also verified the contents of the compromise. 4. In view of the above, Compounding Application IA No.1/2025 is allowed. As a consequence thereof, charge-sheet dated 16.02.2023 in case crime no.101 of 2022 and the summoning order dated 18.05.2023 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3372 of 2023 “State vs. Hemant Bhatt”, under Sections 498A, 323, 504 of IPC and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of 2nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, is hereby quashed qua the petitioners. 5. Accordingly, present petition is disposed of, on the basis of compromise/settlement arrived at between the parties. (Vivek Bharti Sharma, J.) 22.04.2025 Rajni 2 RAJINI GUSAIN Digitally signed by RAJINI GUSAIN DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=97cfa6e4cbd49c07b876db48448ac 3701a9ae475a2547e4b7f1d9b1f17d01342, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=8D039BC77BD1A2222B4DF4 FC80D4557562F95BEBA013F530616A158A 0A878BD8, cn=RAJINI GUSAIN Date: 2025.04.23 17:58:57 +05'30'