SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS IA No.1 of 2025 (Compounding Application) With C528 No.916 of 2025 HON’BLE ASHISH NAITHANI, J. Mr. Raj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the Applicants. 2. Mr. Chitrath Kandpal, learned Brief Holder, for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent no.1. 3. Ms. Radha Arya, learned counsel for the respondent no.2- Ezna Negi. 4. The present Application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023, to quash the cognizance/summoning order dated 09.05.2025 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3267 of 2025, “State Vs. Abhishek Negi and others”, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 of IPC and under Section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. 5. Along with C482 application, a compounding application has been signed by the parties and has been filed, which is duly supported by separate affidavits of applicants and private respondent no.2. Applicants and respondent no.2 are present before this Court through video conferencing, who are identified by their respective counsels. 6. Learned counsel for the parties have filed their respective affidavits along with the compounding application stating therein that they do not want to pursue the present criminal case any further and a settlement has reached between them. 7. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 8. In view of the principle of law laid down by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303 as well as in Transfer Petition (Criminal) No. 115 of 2012 (Dimpey Gujral vs. Union Territory of Chandigarh) decided on 06.12.2012, 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 interested to restore peace and harmony between them. 9. Keeping in view of the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that ends of justice would be met, if the cognizance/summoning order dated 09.05.2025 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3267 of 2025, “State Vs. Abhishek Negi and others”, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 of IPC and under Section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are hereby quashed. 10. In view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3267 of 2025, “State Vs. Abhishek Negi and others”, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 of IPC and under Section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are hereby quashed 11. The Criminal Miscellaneous Application, filed under 528 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023, is disposed of accordingly. (ASHISH NAITHANI, J.) 23.06.2025 Nitesh/