2026:UHC:1688 SL. No. Dat e Office Not es, r epor t s, or der s or pr oceedin gs or dir ect ion s an d Regist r ar ’s or der w it h Sign at u r es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528 No.397 of 2026 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J. Mr. Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. Deepak Bisht, Deputy Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Bhupendra Prasad, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/ quash the charge sheet dated 30.11.2016 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.4521 of 2016, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. Compounding application (I.A. No.1 of 2026) is also filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 4. Parties are also present before this Court, who are duly identified by their respective counsel. They have also filed their respective affidavits stating the facts of compromise between them. 5. It is jointly submitted by the parties that they have settled their scores. 6. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application. 7. Hon’ble Supreme Court, in a catena of its judgments, has observed that in cases where because of the compromise 2026:UHC:1688 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.4521 of 2016, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar, are hereby quashed. 9. C-528 application stands disposed of. ( Alok Mah r a, J.) 13.03.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dddb73933 98f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB987446351 E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.03.13 18:12:17 +05'30'