2026:UHC:2724 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL/603/2026 With Compounding Appl. No. 1 of 2026 Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Rishabh Bisht, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Mr. Vikas Kumar Guglani, learned counsel for the respondent. 4. The petitioner Radhesh Sharma is praying for quashing of FIR dated 02.01.2026, bearing FIR No. 04 of 2026 registered at P.S. Transit Camp District Udham Singh Nagar wherein he has been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 351(2), 352 and 74 of BNS 2023. 5. The petition is supported with the compounding application (IA No. 1 of 2026) alongwith the affidavit of the petitioner and the respondent/complainant and the victims. The petitioner and respondent no. 3-complainant and her son Kunal Dhali (victim) and husband Sameer Dhali (victim) 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 petitioner herein are the resident of same locality and they known to each other but due to some misunderstanding FIR has been lodged and now they have settled their dispute amicably and their relations are very cordial. 7. The complainant is present in Court along with the victims and submits that she does not want to pursue with the impugned FIR since she has settled all the disputes. 8. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State submits that all the offences are compoundable except offence punishable under Section 74 of BNS 2023 and the same can be compounded with the leave of the Court. She 2026:UHC:2724 further submits that since the FIR is under investigation and now the complainant does not want to pursue with the FIR, therefore there is no useful purpose to go with the investigation. 10. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that the parties have settled their dispute amicably and the respondent/ complainant does not want to pursue with the impugned FIR, and all the offences are compoundable except Section 74 of BNS 2023 this Court is of the view that the compounding application as well as the writ petition both deserves to be allowed. 11. Accordingly, the writ petition as well as the compounding application are allowed. The impugned FIR dated 02.01.2026 is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 16.04.2026 Parul