2026:UHC:3377 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.1847 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Ms. Sangeeta Bhardwaj, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. V.S. Pal, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Eshan Sachdeva, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge sheet dated 08.09.2020, cognizance/summoning order dated 11.09.2020 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.0258 of 2020, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, qua the applicant, on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. An F.I.R. was lodged by respondent no.2 alleging that one Monu Rana, along with 4–5 other persons, forcibly entered his office and compelled him to speak with the applicant. It was further alleged that, during such conversation, the applicant demanded a payment of ₹20/- per seat for passengers travelling in the respondent no.2’s bus, to be paid to Monu Rana. Upon completion of investigation, a charge sheet came to be filed. During trial, the statement of respondent no.2 was recorded as P.W.-1. A Test Identification Parade was also conducted; however, respondent no.2 failed to identify the accused persons therein. He further categorically denied having ever spoken to the applicant. 4. Compounding application (I.A. No.2 of 2022) is also filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 5. Parties joined the proceedings through V.C., who have been duly identified by their learned counsel. It is submitted that parties have already filed affidavits in support of the compounding application, affirming the factum 2026:UHC:3377 of compromise arrived at between the parties. 6. It is jointly submitted that all disputes and differences between the parties have been amicably settled and resolved. 7. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application. 8. 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. 9. 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.0258 of 2020, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, qua the applicant, are hereby quashed. 10. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 05.05.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20ddd b7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB9874 46351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.05.05 17:48:43 +05'30'