UKHC010106522026 2026:UHC:5053 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528/1363/2026 With Compounding Appl. No. 1 of 2026 Mrityunjay Sahu & anr. --Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Tribhuwan Chandra Pandey, learned counsel with Mr. Ajay Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Himanshu Sain, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Mr. Chandramauli Shah, learned counsel for the complainant. 4. The instant petition has been preferred by the applicants Mritunjay Sahu, S/o Hari Sahu and Snehasis Bhattacharya,S/o Vijan Bihari along with the compounding application wherein they are praying for quashing of proceeding of S.S.T. No. 05 of 2021 pending in the court of District and Sessions Judge, Nainital wherein both the applicants are facing trial for the offence punishable under Section 420 IPC read with Section 3 of Uttarakhand protection of Interest of Depositor in Financial Establishment Act 2005. 5. Compounding application is supported with the affidavit of the both the applicants and the respondent complainant. Both the applicants and the respondent/complainant are present in Court and are identified by their respective counsel. 6. It is contended in the compounding application that the applicants have now settled all the disputes with the respondent/ complainant and the principal amount has already been paid to the complainant and within a month they will also pay the difference of UKHC010106522026 2026:UHC:5053 maturity amount. It is also contended that now the dispute has been resolved, therefore, proceeding be closed by allowing the compounding application. 7. Mr. Sain, learned A.G.A. for the State submits that the offence can be compounded with the leave of the Court and since the parties have settled their dispute, and the proceeding can be closed, otherwise, it amounts to be a futile exercise. 8. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that the parties have settled their dispute and the respondent/complainant does not want to proceed with the trial, therefore, in such view of the matter continuation of trial will be a futile exercise. 9. In such view of the matter, the instant C528 petition as well as the compounding application are allowed. The entire proceeding of S.S.T. No. 05 of 2021 is also hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 18.06.2026 Parul UKHC010106522026 2026:UHC:5053