SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS 2026:UHC:226 WPCRL No.1773 of 2025 With (Compounding Appl. No.01 of 2025) With WPCRL No.1535 of 2025 With (Compounding Appl. No.02 of 2025) Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Amit Kapri, learned counsel for the Petitioners. 2. Mr. S.S. Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General assisted by Mr. Vikas Uniyal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Vikas Pande and Mr. Devesh Upreti, learned counsel for Respondent no.3. 4. Present writ petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners-Balwant Singh Rautela, Mayaram Soni and Vinay Bhatt under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alongwith compounding applications i.e. paper nos.21 & 31, which are supported with the affidavits of petitioners and respondent no.3 and the same are endorsed by learned counsel for the parties. 5. Petitioners as well as respondent no.3 are present in the Court. They are duly identified by their respective counsel. 6. By means of these writ petitions, petitioners have sought quashing of the impugned FIR No.34 of 2025 dated 03.10.2025 lodged by respondent no.3 under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 registered at P.S. Thana Lohaghat, District Champawat. Further prayer has been made not to arrest the petitioners in connection with the aforesaid FIR. 7. Learned counsel for the parties have filed their respective affidavits along with the compounding application stating therein that they do not wish to pursue the present criminal case any further and a compromise has been entered between them. 8. Learned State counsel has opposed the compromise application with the contention that some of the offences are non-compoundable. 9. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 10. In view of the principle of law laid down by Ho’ble the Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303, criminal proceedings can be quashed by this Court, if this Court is satisfied that matter has been settled between the parties amicably and parties are interest to restore peace and harmony between them. 11. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The entire proceedings arising out of the impugned FIR No.34 of 2025 dated 03.10.2025 under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 registered at P.S. Thana Lohaghat, District Champawat in both the writ petitions are hereby quashed. 12. Accordingly, both the writ petitions stand disposed of. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 06.01.2026 Arti ARTI SINGH Digitally signed by ARTI SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=487ed955e722ba65aab55409e686c12fb83a19325e8b66890fbee418e7b69c0d, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=26DC90E00D839E3E8714131F235087D2D87E133C57E7F4A7B2E734BE2521F982, cn=ARTI SINGH Date: 2026.01.08 12:08:37 +05'30'