2026:UHC:3961 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.1084 of 2026 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J. Mr. Sachin Panwar, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. V.S. Pal, A.G.A. and Mr. Nikhil Bisht, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. M.S. Bisht, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/ quash the charge sheet dated 09.11.2023, cognizance/ summoning order dated 07.05.2024 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.2010 of 2024, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kotdwar, District Pauri Garhwal 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. Applicants as well as respondent no.2 joined the proceedings through Video Conferencing, who have been duly identified by their learned counsel. It is further submitted that the complainant has already filed an affidavit in support of the compounding application, affirming the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. 5. It is jointly submitted that all disputes and differences between the parties have been amicably settled and 2026:UHC:3961 resolved. Respondent no. 2 submits that she and applicant no.1 have voluntarily agreed to separate and have already obtained a divorce by mutual consent under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and that a decree of divorce was passed on 12.11.2024. 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 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.2010 of 2024, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kotdwar, District Pauri Garhwal, are hereby quashed. 9. C-528 application stands disposed of. ( Alok Mah r a, J.) 21.05.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c04853654 45e3a20dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C 5109CB987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.05.21 17:04:29 +05'30'