2026:UHC:2968 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.2020 of 2025 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. B.S. Bhandari, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. Pradeep Lohani, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Pradep Chamiyal, Advocate for respondent nos.2 to 7. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge sheet dated 03.03.2022, summoning/ cognizance order dated 25.07.2022 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.980 of 2022, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. A compounding application (I.A. No.1 of 2025) has also been filed in the present matter praying that the offences be permitted to be compounded in view of the compromise arrived at between the parties. 4. Applicants and respondent nos.2, 4, 5, 6 & 7 are present in Court today, who are duly identified by their respective counsel. Respondent no.3 joined the proceedings through Video Conferencing, who is duly indentified by her counsel. They have also filed their respective affidavits stating the facts of compromise between them. 5. It is jointly submitted by the parties that the dispute inter se them has been amicably settled out of court, and they have mutually resolved all differences arising therefrom. 6. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application. 2026:UHC:2968 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 Criminal Case No.980 of 2022, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar, are hereby quashed. 9. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 22.04.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dddb7393 398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB987446351 E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.04.23 14:24:34 +05'30'