2026:UHC:1572 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.348 of 2026 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J. Mr. Abhishek Singh Rawat, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Susheel Kumar, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present criminal misc. application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/ quash the charge sheet dated 04.02.2025, cognizance/ summoning order dated 03.04.2025 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.772 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. Compounding application (I.A. No.1 of 2026) is filed in the matter, wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 4. Parties appeared before this Court, who are duly identified by their respective counsel. Parties 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 2026:UHC:1572 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 entire proceedings of entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.772 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital, are hereby quashed. 9. Criminal misc. application stands disposed of. ( Alok Mah r a, J.) 11.03.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20 dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB 987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.03.11 17:32:56 +05'30'