UKHC010133112026 2026:UHC:6603 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528/1647/2026 Harsh Jatav --Applicant Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned AGA for the State. 3. Mr. Mohan Bhatt, learned counsel for the respondent no. 3 and 4. 4. The instant petition is moved under Section 528 of BNS, 2023 along with compounding application by the present applicant for quashing of the proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No. 01 of 2026, arising out of Case Crime No. 86 of 2025, (State Vs. Harsh Jatav) wherein present applicant is facing trial for the offences punishable under Section 137 (2), 75 of BNS, 2023 read with Section 7 / 8 of the POCSO Act, Police Station – Munikireti, District Tehri Garhwal, pending in the court of learned Special Sessions Judge, POCSO Act, Tehri Garhwal. 5. The instant petition as well as the compounding application is supported with the affidavit of applicant, informant and victim. Applicant and respondent nos. 3 and 4 informant and victim are present in the Court and they all are duly identified by their respective counsel. 6. It is contended by the learned counsel for the parties that applicant is on bail and married with the victim on 10.02.2026, since both were in love. They also got their marriage registered on 15.06.2026 in the office of Sub Registrar, Registration of Marriage, Roorkee, Haridwar. Copy of the Marriage Registration Certificate is UKHC010133112026 2026:UHC:6603 also enclosed at page 34. 7. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the parties that since both the applicant and victim already married with each other with the consent of their family members, therefore, in order to save their matrimonial life, the instant proceedings be quashed. 8. On the other hand, learned AGA submits that since the applicant married with the victim therefore, in order to save their matrimonial life, in the interest of justice, the proceedings can be quashed. 9. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that applicant married with the victim and their marriage is also registered on 15.06.2026, therefore, continuation of the criminal proceedings will be a futile exercise and it will affect their matrimonial life, therefore, this Court is of the view that compounding application as well as instant petition deserve to be allowed. 10. Accordingly, compounding application i.e I.A. No. 1 of 2026 as well as instant C528 petition are allowed. Consequently, entire proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No. 01 of 2026, arising out of Case Crime No. 86 of 2025 (State Vs. Harsh Jatav), pending in the court of learned Special Sessions Judge, POCSO Act, Tehri Garhwal is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 30.07.2026 SKS