2025:UHC:5246 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. 697 of 2025 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Mani Kumar, learned counsel for the Applicant. 2. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA assisted by Mr. Chitrarth Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Kishore Rai, 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/setting-aside the charge-sheet dated 08.01.2024, summoning order dated 14.05.2024 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1747 of 2024, titled as “State of Uttarakhand vs. Shri Bhuwan Chandra Joshi” pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/Fifth Additional Civil Judge (S.D.), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 498-A, 504 & 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, at P.S. Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 5. As per the order dated 25.04.2025 of learned Coordinate Bench, learned counsel for the Respondent no.2 and learned counsel for Applicant 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 Applicant. 6. The Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 22.05.2025 directed the parties to 2025:UHC:5246 appear before the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, District Udham Singh Nagar, 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. 7. Learned Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, District Udham Singh Nagar has submitted his report dated 05.06.2025, which is part of the record, which clearly indicates that the parties have settled the dispute amicably and Respondent no.2 Namrata Joshi does not wish to prosecute the Applicant and the Secretary concerned has also verified the contents of the compromise. 8. In view of the above, Compounding Application (IA No.01 of 2025) is allowed. As a consequence thereof, the charge-sheet dated 08.01.2024, summoning order dated 14.05.2024 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1747 of 2024, titled as “State of Uttarakhand vs. Shri Bhuwan Chandra Joshi” pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/Fifth Additional Civil Judge (S.D.), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 498-A, 504 & 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, at P.S. Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, are hereby quashed. 9. 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.) 20.06.2025 Akash