SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS UKHC010209752025 2026:UHC:7383 UKHC010209782025 C528/2331/2025 Gurvinder Singh --Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand & another --Respondents Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. Mr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Himanshu Sain, learned AGA, for the State of Uttarakhand/1. 3. Mr. Kishore Rai, learned counsel for the respondent no.2. 4. The instant petition has been moved by the applicant – Gurvinder Singh S/o Shri Manjeet Singh, under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 for quashing of the entire proceedings of the Criminal Case No.2453 of 2025, “State of Uttarakhand Vs. Gurvinder Singh and others” pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/First Additional Civil Judge (S.D.) Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar arising out of FIR dated 31.12.2024 bearing FIR No.0362 of 2024, Police Station Transit Camp, District Udham Singh Nagar, wherein, the present applicant has been summoned to face the trial for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 115 (2), 351 (2), 352 and 333 of BNS, 2023 and under Sections ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 5. The petition is filed along with compounding application (IA No.1/2026) with the affidavit of the applicant and the respondent no.2. Applicant and respondent no.2 are present in Court and are duly identified by their respective counsels. It is submitted by both of them that they have resolved their matrimonial dispute and decided to live together and there is no any dispute against each other. They also given an undertaking that they will give due regard to their in-laws in future and will focus on their matrimonial life and minor child. 6. Learned AGA submits that since now the parties have decided to live together, therefore, there is no useful purpose to continue the proceedings and in such a situation, the continuation of the proceedings is completely a futile exercise. 7. After hearing the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that since the parties have settled their dispute amicably, and decide to live together and will take care of their minor child, there is no useful purpose to continue the proceedings. 8. In such view of the matter, the instant C528 application as well as the compounding application are allowed, and the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No.2453 of 2025, “State of Uttarakhand Vs. Gurvinder Singh and others” pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/First Additional Civil Judge (S.D.) Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar, is hereby quashed. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 17.08.2026 Nitesh/