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2026 DAILYLAW 3414 (UTT)

ANUJ KUMAR AND ORS v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C528/641/2026 · 2026-04-09

Alok Mahra

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No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS C-528 No. 641 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Pranav Singh, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. The present criminal misc. application has been filed with a prayer to direct the court of learned Judicial Magistrate/First Additional Civil Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar, to expedite the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 95 of 2023, State Vs. Anuj and Others, under Sections 323, 498-A, 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate/First Additional Civil Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar. 4. In the present case, applicant no. 1 and respondent no. 2 are husband and wife respectively. In this case, an FIR was lodged by respondent no. 2 against the applicants on 06.10.2021 under Sections 323, 498-A, 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 5. Learned counsel for the applicants would submit that now applicant and respondent no. 2, both have agreed for dissolution of their marriage through mutual divorce and in this regard they have already filed first motion under Section 25 of the UCC before the Additional Judge, Family Court, Roorkee on 15.01.2026. As such, now chargesheet has been filed in the matter, therefore, learned counsel prays that the matter be expedited by directing the court of learned Judicial Magistrate/First Additional Civil Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar. 6. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 7. Since, already first motion under Section 25 of UCC has been filed and applicant nos. 1 and respondent no. 2 have agreed for mutual divorce, therefore, this Court, after hearing the parties and considering all the documents on record, thinks it proper and appropriate and directs the court of learned Judicial Magistrate/First Additional Civil Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar, to expedite the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 95 of 2023, State Vs. Anuj and Others, after hearing both the parties and without giving unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 8. With the above observation, the present criminal misc. application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra J.) 09.04.2026 Ujjwal