UKHC010108072026 2026:UHC:5094 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL/1162/2026 Manish Alias Manish Bolar And Another ...…..Petitioners Versus State Of Uttarakhand ……Respondent Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Deep Chandra Joshi, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Mr. V.S. Pal, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Mr. Pankaj Semwal, learned counsel for respondent no.3. 4. By means of the present criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners seek issuance of a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned First Information Report being Case Crime/F.I.R. No. 421 of 2025, registered under Sections 111, 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 351(3), 352 and 61(2) of the B.N.S. at Police Station Gangnahar, District Haridwar. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the impugned F.I.R. has been lodged by respondent no.3 alleging, inter alia, that the petitioners, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy, fraudulently executed a forged sale deed on the strength of a fabricated and forged power of attorney, illegally transferred the property in question, UKHC010108072026 2026:UHC:5094 misappropriated his money and iPhone, and thereafter criminally intimidated and threatened to kill the informant. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners would further submit that during the pendency of the present proceedings, the parties have amicably resolved all their disputes and differences. In this regard, a joint compounding application, being I.A. No. 1 of 2026, duly supported by affidavits sworn by the petitioners and respondent no.3, has been placed on record, wherein it has been categorically averred that the matter has been settled amicably and that the parties do not wish to pursue the criminal proceedings any further. It is further submitted that petitioner no.1 is presently remained in jail and, therefore, his affidavit in support of the settlement application has been sworn by his real brother on his behalf. 7. Learned counsel appearing for respondent no.3 does not dispute the aforesaid submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioners and fairly admits the factum of an amicable settlement having been arrived at between the parties. 8. The petitioners and respondent no.3 are present before this Court and have been duly identified by their respective learned counsel. Upon interaction with the Court, respondent no.3 has categorically stated that the dispute between the parties has been amicably settled out of his own free will, UKHC010108072026 2026:UHC:5094 without any coercion, undue influence or pressure from any quarter, and that he has no objection whatsoever if the impugned F.I.R. and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed in exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of this Court. 10. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, perused the record and considered the Compounding Application (I.A. No. 1 of 2026) supported by the affidavits of the petitioners and respondent no.3, this Court finds the parties have voluntarily and amicably resolved all their inter se disputes. Respondent no.3, who is present before the Court and has been duly identified by his learned counsel, has categorically stated that he has entered into the compromise of their own free will, without any pressure, coercion or undue influence, and does not wish to pursue the criminal proceedings any further. 11. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab, (2012) 10 SCC 303, Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab, (2014) 6 SCC 466 and State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan, (2019) 5 SCC 688, has held that in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and inherent powers to secure the ends of justice, the High Court may quash criminal proceedings arising out of private and personal disputes where the parties have amicably settled their differences and the possibility of UKHC010108072026 2026:UHC:5094 conviction is remote, provided that the offences do not involve heinous crimes or offences having serious impact on society at large. 12. Considering the nature of allegations contained in the impugned F.I.R., the settlement arrived at between the parties, the statement made by respondent no.3 before this Court, and the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid judgments, this Court is of the opinion that continuance of the criminal proceedings would serve no useful purpose and would amount to an abuse of the process of law. The compromise appears to be genuine, voluntary and arrived at without any coercion. 13. Accordingly, the Compounding Application (I.A. No. 1 of 2026) is allowed. Consequently, First Information Report being Case Crime/F.I.R. No. 421 of 2025, registered at Police Station at Gangnahar, District Haridwar along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is hereby quashed qua the applicants. 14. The criminal writ petition is, accordingly, allowed. 15. Pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) 19.06.2026 Mamta MAM TA RANI Digitally signed by MAMTA RANI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=6a812005bebfcf46f24 4f3e584af1449e430ef900bf09a 6d67ebbd642671329b, postalCode=263001, st=Uttarakhand, serialNumber=5de1751a4f1d9 cabfd54852c9e68911ca8b66d d26690a191648ab5d8dd004ef 0, cn=MAMTA RANI Date: 2026.06.19 16:38:32 +05'30'