2026:UHC:282 SL . N o. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS IA No.01 of 2026 (Compounding Application) In WPCRL No.43 of 2026 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Mohd. Imran, learned counsel for the Petitioners. 2. Mrs. Pushpa Bhatt, learned D.A.G. assisted by Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned A.G.A. and Mr. Vijay Khanduri, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Mr. Anuj Singh Kunjwal, learned counsel for the Respondent no.3. 4. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed by the Petitioners for quashing the impugned F.I.R. dated 07.06.2025 being FIR No.0171 of 2025 for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 117(2), 351(2) & 352 of BNS, at Police Station Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 5. Heard. 6. Admit. 7. The Compounding Application (IA No.01 of 2026) is also annexed with the present petition that is supported with the affidavits of the parties and the said application is being endorsed by the learned counsel for the Petitioners and Respondent no.3, Mr. Mohd. Imran, Advocate and Mr. Anuj Singh Kunjwal, Advocate respectively. 8. The Petitioners Lal Singh S/o Late Bheem Singh and Mahendra Kumar S/o Late Bheem Singh and Respondent no.3 Chandra Pal S/o Natthu are present before this Court, who are identified by their respective counsel. 9. After interacting with the parties especially with Respondent no.3/complainant, who makes a statement that 2026:UHC:282 the parties have amicably resolved their differences and Petitioners and Respondent no.3 have decided to compound the offence; now the Respondent no.3/complainant does not want to prosecute the Petitioner in any manner, therefore, the proceedings and other consequential order arising out of the F.I.R. in question may be quashed. 10. The said compounding application is strongly opposed by the learned State counsel on the ground that some of the offences are non-compoundable. 11. In view of the principle of law laid down by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of “Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab” reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303 as well as in Transfer Petition (Criminal) No. 115 of 2012 (Dimpey Gujral vs. Union Territory of Chandigarh) decided on 06.12.2012, criminal proceedings can be quashed by this Court, if this Court is satisfied with the facts and circumstances of the case. 12. Keeping in view of the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that ends of justice would be met, if the entire proceedings against qua the Petitioners are hereby quashed. 13. In view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The impugned F.I.R. dated 07.06.2025 being FIR No.0171 of 2025 for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 117(2), 351(2) & 352 of BNS, at Police Station Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar, is hereby quashed. 14. The present writ petition (criminal) under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is, thus, disposed of in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 07.01.2026 Akash