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2025 DAILYLAW 8361 (UTT)

BALDEV SINGH CHAUHAN AND ANR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C528/964/2025 · 2025-06-27

Ashish Naithani

Transfer Petitionbody2025

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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:5477 IA No.1 of 2025 (Compounding Application) with C528 No.964 of 2025 HON’BLE ASHISH NAITHANI, J. Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the Applicants. 2. Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned AGA, for the State of Uttarakhand/1. 3. Mr. Susheel Kumar, learned counsel for the Respondent no.2. 4. The present Application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1199/2019, “State Vs. Baldev”, under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC pending in the court of learned IInd Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, District Haridwar. 5. Along with C528 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. 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, and parties are also present before this Court who are duly identified by their respective counsels and they have also admitted the aforesaid fact. 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 entire proceedings of entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1199/2019, “State Vs. Baldev”, under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC pending in the court of learned IInd Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, District Haridwar, are hereby quashed. 10. In view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The entire proceedings of entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1199/2019, “State Vs. Baldev”, under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC pending in the court of learned IInd Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, District Haridwar, are hereby quashed 11. The Criminal Miscellaneous Application, filed under 528 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is disposed of accordingly. (ASHISH NAITHANI, J.) 27.06.2025 Nitesh/