2026:UHC:1310 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528/692/2024 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Bharat Singh, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Deepak Bisht, learned Deputy A.G. for the State. 3. Ms. Jasmeet Kaur, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. Present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred seeking quashing of the judgment and order dated 05.12.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar in Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 2022, arising out of proceedings under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, as well as the entire consequential proceedings. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that the dispute emanated from matrimonial discord between the applicant and respondent no. 2, who are legally wedded husband and wife. Their marriage was solemnized on 07.12.2008 in accordance with Hindu rites and customs. After some time, certain differences arose between them, owing to which respondent no. 2 instituted proceedings under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 before the competent Magistrate. The said miscellaneous case was dismissed by the learned trial court vide order dated 18.06.2022. Aggrieved thereby, respondent 2026:UHC:1310 no. 2 preferred Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 2022 before the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar, which was allowed vide judgment and order dated 05.12.2023. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant would further submit that during the pendency of the present proceedings, with the intervention of well-wishers and family members, the parties have amicably resolved their matrimonial differences. It is submitted that the applicant and respondent no. 2 are now residing together as husband and wife along with their minor son and are peacefully discharging their matrimonial obligations. A joint compounding application supported by affidavits of both parties has been filed, wherein it has been categorically averred that the dispute has been settled voluntarily, and that respondent no. 2 does not wish to pursue the proceedings any further. 7. The applicant and respondent no. 2, along with their minor son, are present through Video Conferencing and have been duly identified by their respective counsel. Upon interaction with respondent no. 2, she has stated before the Court that she is presently residing with her husband happily and has entered into the compromise of her own free will, without any force, coercion or pressure from any quarter. 8. The Court has considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. The dispute between the parties is purely matrimonial in nature. It is well 2026:UHC:1310 settled that in matters arising out of matrimonial discord, where the parties have amicably settled their dispute and are living together peacefully, the High Court, in exercise of its inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., can quash the proceedings in order to secure the ends of justice and to prevent abuse of the process of the Court. 9. In the present case, since the parties have resolved their differences and have resumed cohabitation, and respondent no. 2 has categorically stated that she does not wish to prosecute the matter further, continuation of the impugned proceedings would serve no fruitful purpose and would rather disturb the restored matrimonial harmony between the parties. 10. In view of the compromise entered into between the parties and the statements made before this Court, the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. deserves to be allowed. 11. Accordingly, the C-482 application is allowed. The judgment and order dated 05.12.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar in Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 2022, arising out of proceedings under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, as well as the entire consequential proceedings, are hereby quashed. 12. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. (Alok Mahra J.) 25.02.2026 Mamta