PAWAN MISHRA ALIAS PRADEEP CHANDRA MISHRA AND ORS v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND
C528/1585/2026 · 2026-07-23
Rakesh Thapliyal
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SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
UKHC010128102026
2026:UHC:6295
UKHC010128102026 C528/1585/2026 Pawan Mishra Alias Pradeep Chandra Mishra & Ors --Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand & another --Respondents Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
Mr. Tarun Pande, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned AGA, for the State of Uttarakhand/1. 3. Mr. Subhash Joshi, learned counsel for the respondent no.2. 4. The instant petition has been moved by the applicants – Pawan Mishra @ Pradeep Chandra Mishra, Yadav Chandra Mishra and Devki Mishra, for quashing of the entire proceedings of the Criminal Case No.2641 of 2025, “State Vs. Pawan Mishra and others” arising out of FIR dated 28.01.2023 bearing FIR No.45 of 2023, wherein, all these applicants have been summoned to face the trial for the offence punishable under Sections 498A of IPC, pending in the court of 1st Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. 5. The instant petition has been filed along with the compounding application (IA No.1/2026) with the affidavit of all the applicants and the respondent informant. 6. The dispute arising out of a matrimonial discord in between the applicant no.1 and the respondent no.2, who were married in the year 2014 and from their marriage, a male child was born in the year 2015, however, due to some matrimonial dispute in between both of them, they were living separately since last four years, but due to the intervention of the elderly family members they both amicably restored their matrimonial
dispute to restore their matrimonial life in order to secure the future of their minor son. It is contended in the compounding application that now since they have resolved their matrimonial dispute amicable and now living together along with child, therefore, and have no grudge against each other and want to close these proceedings. The attempt which has been made by the applicant no.1 and respondent no.2 are really appreciable and they certainly give good message to the society. 7. Learned AGA, also submits that the proceedings in such a situation should be dropped forthwith, particularly when, both the parties settled their dispute amicably and decided to live together. 8. All the applicants and the respondent/complainant are present in Court and are identified by their respective counsels. 9.
After hearing the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, and taking into consideration that the parties have now settled their dispute amicably and now living together with the child, there is no useful purpose to continue with the proceedings, this Court is of the view that the compounding application deserves to be allowed. 10. Accordingly, the instant C528 application as well as the compounding application are allowed, and the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No.2641 of 2025,
“State Vs. Pawan Mishra and others”, pending in the court of 1st Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)
23.07.2026 Nitesh/