TULSI SINGH ALIAS KULDEEP SINGH AND ORS v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND
C528/1034/2026 · 2026-05-18
Alok Mahra
body2026
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C528 No. 1034 of 2026 Hon ’ble Alok Mah r a, J.
Mr. Gaurav Kandpal and Ms. Aashna Parashar, Advocates for the applicants. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Ashish Bansal and Mr. Mohnish Kumar Singh, Advocates for respondent no. 2/ complainant. 2. The present criminal misc. application is filed with the prayer to quash/ set-aside the chargesheet, cognizance/ summoning as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 1541 of 2022, State of Uttarakhand Vs. Tulsi Singh @ Kuldeep Singh and Others, under Sections 323, 498-A and 504 of IPC, pending in the court of learned ACJM, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar, on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. In this case, respondent no. 2 is wife of applicant no. 1. She lodged an FIR against the applicants alleging therein that after some time of her marriage, all the applicants starting harassing and victimising her with regard to demand of dowry and beat her up. After investigation, chargesheet was filed against the applicants. 4. Now, Compounding Application is filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to compound the offences between the parties. 5. Learned counsel for the applicants
submits that the parties have amicably settled their dispute and have entered into a compromise. 6. Parties are present before this Court and are duly identified by their respective counsels. Parties have also filed their respective affidavits stating the facts of compromise between them. 7. The Court interacted with the parties. Upon interaction, respondent no. 2 would submit that FIR was lodged due to some misunderstanding and misconception and now they have sorted out all the disputes and applicant no. 1 and respondent no. 2 are now living together. Respondent no. 2 has further submitted that she has amicably settled her dispute with the applicants and she does not want to pursue with the criminal proceedings against the applicants. 8. At this stage, learned State Counsel raised a preliminary objection to the effect that the offences sought to be compounded are non-compoundable. 9. However, the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana reported in (2003) 4 S.C.C., Page 675, has permitted compounding of non-compoundable offences with the permission of Court. 10.
Furthermore, 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. 11. Following the aforesaid ratio, the present compounding application is allowed. The offences between the parties are permitted to be compounded. As a result, the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 1541 of 2022, State of Uttarakhand Vs. Tulsi Singh @ Kuldeep Singh and Others, under Sections 323, 498-A and 504 of IPC, pending in the court of learned ACJM, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. FIR and charge-sheet filed pursuant thereto stand quashed. 12. Accordingly, the present criminal misc. application stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. ( Alok Mah r a, J.)
18.05.2026 Ujjwal