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C528 No.549 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J.
Ms. Unnati Pant, Advocate for the applicants.
Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand.
Ms. Tabassum, Advocate for respondent no.2.
2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.49 of 2024, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Garur, District Bageshwar on the basis of compromise between the parties.
3. 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.
4. Parties are also present before this Court, who are duly identified by their respective counsel. They have also filed their respective affidavits stating the
facts of compromise between them. Respondent no.2 further submits that a decree of divorce has already been passed and states that she does not wish to pursue the present matter any further.
5. It is jointly submitted by the parties that they have settled their scores.
6. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application.
7. Hon’ble Supreme Court, in a catena
2026:UHC:2484 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.
8. 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 Criminal Case No.49 of 2024, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Garur, District Bageshwar, are hereby quashed.
9. C-528 application stands disposed of.
(Alok Mahra, J.)
08.04.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20ddd b7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB987 446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.04.08 17:57:17 +05'30'
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