2026:UHC:1060 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528 No.166 of 2024 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mrs. Pushpa Joshi, Senior Advocate, assisted by Ms. Nipush Mola Joshi, Advocate for the applicant. Mrs. Pushpa Bhatt, Additional Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand. Ms. Aishwarya Thapliyal, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Amendment application (I.A. 5 of 2026), being unopposed by learned counsel for the respondents, is allowed. Applicant to produce amended copy of criminal misc. application in the Registry, during the course of the day. 3. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge sheet dated 01.09.2023, summoning order dated 19.09.2023 and the entire proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No.157 of 2023, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge POCSO/Additional Sessions Judge, Haridwar on the basis of compromise between the parties. 4. Compounding application (I.A. No.1 of 2026) is also filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 5. On 12.02.2026, parties appeared before this Court, who were duly identified by their respective counsel. Parties have also filed their respective affidavits stating the facts of compromise between them. 6. It is jointly submitted by the parties that they have settled their scores. 2026:UHC:1060 7. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application. 8. Hon’ble Supreme Court, in a catena of its judgments, has observed that in cases where because of the compromise arrived at between the parties, possibility of conviction is remote and bleak, the High Court may quash the criminal proceedings as continuation of the same would cause great prejudice and injustice to the accused. 9. Following the aforesaid ratio, present compounding application is allowed. The offences between the parties are permitted to be compounded. As a result, entire proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No.157 of 2023, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge POCSO/Additional Sessions Judge, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. 10. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 18.02.2026 Arpan ARPAN JAISWAL Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485 365445e3a20dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D 454C5109CB987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA6 6, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.02.18 17:15:49 +05'30'