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2026 DAILYLAW 2043 (UTT)

SOHEEL v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPCRL/581/2026 · 2026-04-07

Rakesh Thapliyal

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2026:UHC:2464 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No. 581 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Siddharth Bankoti, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Mr. B.C. Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Mr. Deepak Petshali, learned counsel for the complainant. 4. The instant petition has been moved under Article 226 of Constitution of India by the petitioner Soheel S/o Ameer Ahmed and Mohd. Kaleem S/o Mohd. Farukh for quashing of first information report dated 17.03.2026 bearing FIR No. 0046 of 2026, P.S. Pulbhatta District Udham Singh Nagar wherein the petitioners have been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 351(3) and 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 5. The writ petition is supported with the compounding application and the affidavit of the petitioners and respondent no.3. The petitioners and the respondent no.3/complainant are present in Court and identified by their respective counsels. 6. It is contended in the compounding application that the parties have settled their disputes, therefore, the FIR be quashed. 2026:UHC:2464 7. This Court also interacted with the complainant who submits that she does not want to pursue the complaint and requested that proceedings pursuant to the impugned FIR be quashed. 8. On the other side, Mr. B.C. Joshi, the learned A.G.A. submits that all the offences are compoundable, and since the complainant does not want to pursue the impugned FIR, therefore is no useful purpose to go with the investigation. 9. In such view of the matter, when the parties have settled their disputes and all the offences are compoundable, this Court is of the view that the compounding application as well as writ petition deserves to be allowed. 10. Accordingly, the writ petition as well as the compounding application are allowed and the impugned FIR dated 17.03.2026 bearing FIR No. 0046 of 2026, P.S. Pulbhatta District Udham Singh Nagar is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 07.04.2026 Nahid 2026:UHC:2464