2026:UHC:2722 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. 601/2026 With Compounding Appl. No. 1 of 2026 Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Vikas Kumar Guglani, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Mr. Rishabh Bisht, learned counsel for the respondent. 4. The instant writ petition has been moved by the petitioners, namely, Saurabh Behar, Monika Dhali, Sanjay Juneja and Sameer Dhali for quashing of FIR dated 02.01.2026, bearing FIR No. 03 of 2026 registered at P.S. Transit Camp District Udham Singh Nagar wherein they have been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 191(2), 351(2), 352, 79 of BNS 2023. 5. The petition is supported with the compounding application (IA No. 1 of 2026) and the affidavits of the petitioners and the respondent/complainant and all are present in Court and are identified by their respective counsel. 6. It is contended in the compounding application that the respondent/complainant and the petitioners herein are the resident of District Udham Singh Nagar and they known to each other since long back and their relations are very cordial, due to interference of some elderly people now they have settled their dispute. 7. The complainant who is present in Court submits that he does not want to pursue with the impugned FIR since he has settled all the disputes amicably. 8. Learned counsel for the petitioners also submits that prima facie allegation appears to be personal in nature and all the offences are compoundable except the offence punishable under Section 191(2) of BNS 2023. 9. Apart from this, learned counsel for the 2026:UHC:2722 parties submits that in between the parties there are two other cross-FIRs bearing FIR No. 04 of 2026 and FIR No. 05 of 2026 and today itself both the FIRs have been quashed in WPCRL No. 602 of 2026 and WPCRL No. 603 of 2026 on the ground of settlement in between the parties. Learned counsel for both the parties however submits that the parties are ready to deposit the cost of Rs. 2 lakhs in the Advocates’ Welfare Fund. 10. On the other side, Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State submits that since in this particular case investigation is going on and now the complainant himself does not want to pursue with the impugned FIR therefore there is no useful purpose to go with the investigation. 11. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that the parties have settled their dispute amicably and their relations are now cordial and furthermore the respondent/ complainant does not want to pursue with the impugned FIR, this Court is of the view that the compounding application deserves to be allowed. 10. Since, learned counsel for the parties submits that the parties are ready to deposit Rs. 2 lakhs in the Advocates’ Welfare Fund, consequently, they are directed to deposit the said amount within ten days in the Advocates’ Welfare Fund. 11. Subject to the observation and direction as above, the writ petition as well as the compounding application are allowed and the impugned FIR dated 02.01.2026 bearing FIR No. 03 of 2026 is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 16.04.2026 Parul 2026:UHC:2722