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2025 DAILYLAW 7814 (UTT)

SALMAN ANSARI AND ANR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C528/846/2025 · 2025-06-20

Ashish Naithani

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SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS 2025:UHC:5214 C528 No.846 of 2025 With (Compounding Appl. No.01 of 2025) Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Ankush Singhal, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Basant Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. Present application has been filed by the applicant under Section 528 of B.N.S.S., 2023 alongwith compounding application and the same is supported with the affidavits of applicants and respondent no.2. 5. Applicants-Salman Ansari and Saizan as well as respondent no.2 Iram are present in the Court. They are duly identified by their respective counsel. 4. By means of this C528 application, applicants have sought quashing of summoning order dated 09.07.2024, charge sheet dated 11.01.2024 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.2125 of 2024 for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 498-A, 504, 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of The Dowry Prohibition Act registered at Police Station Banbhoolpura, District Nainital pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate First, Haldwani, District Nainital. 5. Learned counsel for the parties have filed their respective affidavits along with the compounding application stating therein that they do not wish to pursue the present criminal case any further and a compromise has been entered between them. 6. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 7. In view of the principle of law laid down by Ho’ble the Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303, criminal proceedings can be quashed by this Court, if this Court is satisfied that matter has been settled between the parties amicably and parties are interest to restore peace and harmony between them. 8. In view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. Summoning order dated 09.07.2024, charge sheet dated 11.01.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.2125 of 2024 for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 498-A, 504, 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of The Dowry Prohibition Act registered at Police Station Banbhoolpura, District Nainital pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate First, Haldwani, District Nainital are hereby quashed. 9. Accordingly Criminal Misc. Application stands disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 20.06.2025 Arti ARTI SINGH Digitally signed by ARTI SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=487ed955e722ba65aab55409e686c12fb83a19325e8b66890fbee418e7b69c0d, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=26DC90E00D839E3E8714131F235087D2D87E133C57E7F4A7B2E734BE2521F982, cn=ARTI SINGH Date: 2025.06.23 14:56:09 +05'30'