2026:UHC:3846 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 C482 No.2256 of 2022 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J. Mr. Ramji Shrivastava, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Rajat Mittal, Advocate for respondent no.2. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/ quash the charge sheet dated 30.09.2022, cognizance/ summoning order dated 09.11.2022 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.7288 of 2022, pending in the Court of learned IIIrd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. The marriage between applicant no.3 and respondent no.2 was solemnized on 01.11.2019. Subsequently, certain matrimonial disputes and differences arose between the parties, owing to which respondent no.2 lodged the present F.I.R. against the applicants. It is further submitted that applicant no.3 has also instituted an F.I.R. against respondent no.2 and her parents in relation to the disputes between the parties. 4. Compounding application (I.A. No.3 of 2026) has been filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties. 5. Applicants as well as respondent 2026:UHC:3846 no.2 joined the proceedings through Video Conferencing, who have been duly identified by their learned counsel. It is further submitted that the respondent no.2 has already filed affidavit in support of the compounding application, affirming the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. 6. It is jointly submitted by the parties that the disputes inter se them have been amicably settled outside the Court and all differences arising out of the matrimonial relationship have been mutually resolved. Learned counsel for the applicants further submits that applicant no.3 and respondent no.2 have mutually agreed to dissolve their marriage by way of consent. In pursuance thereof, the parties have instituted a petition under Section 27 of the U.C.C. before the learned Family Court. It has been settled between the parties that applicant no.3 shall pay a sum of ₹25,00,000/- towards full and final permanent alimony to respondent no.2, out of which, an amount of ₹5,00,000/- has already been paid at the time of filing of the first motion petition, and the remaining amount shall be paid at the time of final motion. Respondent no.2 has categorically stated that, in view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties, she does not wish to pursue or prosecute the present proceedings against the applicants any further. 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 2026:UHC:3846 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. 7288 of 2022, pending in the Court of learned IIIrd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are hereby quashed. 10. C-528 application stands disposed of. ( Alok Mah r a, J.) 19.05.2026 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=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445 e3a20dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5 109CB987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.05.19 18:30:37 +05'30'