2026:UHC:3143 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.810 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. H.C. Pathak, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Pankaj Kapil, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Piyush Sammal, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge sheet dated 02.12.2025, cognizance/summoning order dated 03.02.2026 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1042 of 2026, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. An F.I.R. was lodged by respondent no.2 alleging that she was in a relationship with the applicant since the year 2021. It is stated that the family members of the applicant were also agreeable to the proposed marriage; however, due to certain misunderstandings and strained relations between the parties, the present F.I.R. came to be lodged. 4. A compounding application being I.A. No. 1 of 2026 has also been filed, seeking permission of this Court to compound the offences in view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties. 5. Applicants as well as respondent no.2 are present before the Court and have been duly identified by their respective counsel. They have filed their affidavits affirming that the dispute has been amicably resolved without any coercion or undue influence. It is jointly submitted by learned counsel for the parties that all disputes and differences have been settled amicably. 6. Respondent no.2 has categorically stated that the F.I.R. was lodged under a 2026:UHC:3143 misconception and misunderstanding of facts, and she does not wish to pursue the matter any further. It is further submitted that the parties intend to solemnize their marriage in the near future. 7. Learned State Counsel has opposed the compounding application. 8. Hon’ble Supreme Court, in a catena of judgments, has held that in cases having overwhelmingly civil character or arising out of personal relationships, where the parties have settled their disputes amicably and the possibility of conviction is remote and bleak, the High Court may exercise its inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS to quash the criminal proceedings in order to secure the ends of justice. 9. In the present case, it is evident that the relationship between the parties was consensual in nature. Both parties are major and were fully aware of the consequences of their conduct. The dispute appears to have arisen out of personal differences, which now stand resolved amicably. 10. 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.1042 of 2026, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun are hereby quashed. 11. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 27.04.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dddb73 93398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB987446 351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.04.27 18:09:23 +05'30'