2026:UHC:1313 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.264 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Ravi Bisht, Advocate for the applicants. Mrs. Pushpa Bhatt, Additional Advocate General and Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Prem Prakash Phartiyal, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the impugned charge sheet dated 29.11.2025, summoning/cognizance order dated 05.02.2026 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.253 of 2026, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. Compounding application (I.A. No.1 of 2026) is filed in the matter, wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 4. Parties appeared before this Court through V.C., who are duly identified by their respective counsel. Parties have also filed their respective affidavits stating the facts of compromise between them. 5. It is jointly submitted by the parties that they have settled their scores. 6. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application. 2026:UHC:1313 7. 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. 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 entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.253 of 2026, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nainital, are hereby quashed. 9. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 26.02.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dddb73933 98f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB987446351E 4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.02.26 16:25:27 +05'30' 2026:UHC:1313