2026:UHC:4326 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528 No.924 of 2025 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Himanshu, Advocate for the applicants. Mrs. Pushpa Bhatt, Additional Advocate General and Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Udayveer Singh, Advocate for respondent nos.2 & 3. 2. Present C-528 application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the impugned charge sheet and the entire proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No.61 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned In-Charge Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO, Haridwar, on the basis of compromise between the parties. 3. An F.I.R was lodged by the complainant, who is father of the victim that applicant no.3 had called the victim to her house and thereafter, applicant nos.2 & 3 forced the victim to make physical relations with applicant no.1. After investigation, charge sheet was filed against the applicants. 4. 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. 5. Applicants as well as respondent os.2 & 3 are present before the Court today, 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. 2026:UHC:4326 6. It is submitted that applicants did not exert pressure on the victim and instead the victim and applicant no.1 were in love relations and at the time of alleged incident, victim was 17 years and 8 months of age and after attaining the age of majority, victim has solemnized the marriage with applicant no.1 on 22.09.2025. Respondent no.2 has stated that, in view of the amicable settlement between the parties, he does not wish to pursue or prosecute the present proceedings against the applicants. 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 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 Special Sessions Trial No.61 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned In- Charge Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, POCSO, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. 10. C-528 application stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 01.06.2026 Arpan