2026:UHC:604 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No.175 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Subhash Joshi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Rakesh Negi, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. Bhupendra Prasad, Advocate for respondent nos.3 to 5. 2. By means of this writ petition, petitioners have sought quashing of F.I.R. No.0499 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 140(3), 191(2), 351(2), 62 of B.N.S., 2023, registered at Police Station Ranipur, District Haridwar. 3. A compounding application, jointly signed by counsel for respondent nos.3 to 5 and counsel for the petitioners has been filed duly supported by affidavits of petitioners and respondent nos.3 to 5. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that parties have entered into settlement, therefore, the matter needs to be compounded. 5. Learned counsel for respondent nos. 3 to 5 submits that dispute has now been amicably settled between the parties, therefore, his clients want to close the matter to ensure that peace is restored. 6. Today, petitioners and respondent nos.3 to 5 appeared before this Court, who are duly identified by their counsels. 7. Both the parties also made a statement that, in view of the 2026:UHC:604 settlement, they want to close the matter. 8. Having regard to the nature of offence and also considering the broad guidelines issued by Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh Vs State of Punjab reported in (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder Singh & others Vs State of Punjab & another reported in (2014) 6 SCC 466, request of the petitioners deserves to be acceded to. 9. Since the parties have entered into a compromise, therefore, possibility of the trial resulting into conviction of the accused is remote and bleak and, that being so, continuation of criminal proceedings would visit the accused with great oppression, prejudice and injustice. Rather, it would tantamount to abuse of process of law. 10. In view of above discussion, the writ petition is allowed. F.I.R. No.0499 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 140(3), 191(2), 351(2), 62 of B.N.S., 2023, registered at Police Station Ranipur, District Haridwar, is hereby quashed along with all the proceedings emanating therefrom. 11. Compounding application (I.A. No.1 of 2026) is, accordingly, disposed of. Urgency application (I.A. No.3 of 2026) also stands disposed of. (Alok Mahra, J.) Vacation Judge 21.01.2026 Arpan ARPAN JAISWAL Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445e3a20dd db7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5109CB98 7446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.01.21 18:56:02 +05'30'