2025:UHC:9139 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 14th OCTOBER, 2025 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 456 OF 2025 Azam and Others ...Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand and Others ..…Respondents Counsel for the Applicants : Mr. Rajveer Singh, Advocate through video conferencing. Counsel for the Respondent: Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, No.1 Brief Holder. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Ravinder Kumar Verma, Nos.2 to 6 Advocate through video conferencing. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. This Application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.92 of 2025, “State vs. Azam and Others”, pending before the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Roorkee, District Haridwar under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 325, 504, 506, 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 3 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Mr. Rajveer Singh, learned counsel for the applicants- accused. 3. Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the respondent no.1. 1 2025:UHC:9139 4. Mr. Ravinder Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the respondent nos.2 to 6. 5. Applicant no.1 is the husband of the respondent no.6, the daughter of the respondent no.5 - informant. Respondent no.2, respondent no.3 and respondent no.4 are injured. 6. All the applicants are present through video conferencing. They are identified by Mr. Rajveer Singh, Advocate. 7. The respondent nos.2 to 6 are present through video conferencing. They are identified by Mr. Ravinder Kumar Verma, Advocate. 8. The private respondents submitted that they have compounded the offences. The respondent no.6 and the applicant no.1 have submitted that they are living together. The private respondents have requested to quash the entire proceedings of the said Criminal Case No. 92 of 2025. 9. The said request has not been opposed by the respondent no.1. 10. Considering the totality of the matter, this Court is of the view that ends of justice would be met if the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.92 of 2025, “State vs. Azam and Others”, pending before the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Roorkee, District Haridwar, are quashed. 2 2025:UHC:9139 11. Resultantly, the present Application, filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is allowed and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.92 of 2025, “State vs. Azam and Others”, pending before the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Roorkee, District Haridwar, are hereby quashed. ___________________ Date: 14.10.2025 ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Pant/ 3