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 ur es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS Compounding Application No. 1 of 2026 In WPCRL No. 627 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. G. S. Sandhu, learned Addl. Advocate General with Mr. Himanshu Sain, learned AGA for the State. 3. Mr. Ankush Singhal, learned counsel for the complainant. 4. Petitioners Govinda, son of Nireettam and Hardeep Singh, son of Jogendra Singh, are praying for quashing of the FIR dated 24.03.2026 bearing FIR No. 98 of 2026, Police Station – Transit Camp, District – Udham Singh Nagar wherein they have been implicated for the offences punishable under Section 324 (4), 352, 117 (2) BNS, 2023. 5. Petition is filed along with compounding application supported with the affidavit of petitioners, complainant and injured. 6. Petitioners and complainant are present in court and the injured appeared through V.C. and they all are identified by their respective counsels. 7. It is submitted that for minor issue, the incident was happened and now, they have settled their dispute. All of them belong to same village and their relations are now cordial. Complainant’s brother was injured, who sustained minor injuries and now, well. Complainant submits that he does not want to pursue the FIR since petitioners belong to the same village and they have settled their dispute therefore, impugned FIR be quashed. 8. Mr. G.S. Sandhu, learned Addl. Advocate General for the State submits that offences punishable under Section 324 (4) and 352, BNS, 2023 are compoundable, however, offence punishable under Section 117 (2), BNS, 2023 is compoundable with the permission of the Court. 9. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that the complainant does not want to pursue the FIR, in such an eventuality, there is no useful purpose to go with the investigation, particularly, when respondent complainant does not want to pursue the FIR. 10. Accordingly, writ petition and compounding application are allowed. Impugned FIR dated 24.03.2026 bearing FIR No. 98 of 2026, is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 10.04.2026 SKS