Uttarakhand High Court
C482/1305/2016 on 9 March, 2026
2026:UHC:1484
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C482 No.1305 of 2016
Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.
Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate for the applicants.
Mr. Pradeep Lohani, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand.
Mr. Anmol Sandhu, Advocate for respondent no.2.
2. Present criminal misc. application is filed with the prayer to set-aside/quash the impugned charge sheet dated 31.03.2016, summoning/cognizance order dated 29.06.2016 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3029 of 2016, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital on the basis of compromise between the parties.
3. Compounding application (I.A. No.1289 of 2026) is filed in the matter, wherein it is prayed to compound the offence between the parties.
4. Parties appeared before this Court, who are duly identified by their respective counsel. Parties have also filed their respective affidavits stating the facts of compromise between them.
5. It is jointly submitted by the parties that they have settled their scores.
6. Learned State Counsel vehemently opposed the compounding application.
7. Hon'ble Supreme Court, in a catena of its judgments, has observed that in 2026:UHC:1484 cases where because of the compromise arrived at between the parties, possibility of conviction is remote and bleak, the High Court may quash the criminal proceedings as continuation of the same would cause great prejudice and injustice to the accused.
8. Following the aforesaid ratio, present compounding application is allowed. The offences between the parties are permitted to be compounded. As a result, entire proceedings of entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3029 of 2016, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital, are hereby quashed.
9. Criminal misc. application stands disposed of.
(Alok Mahra, J.) 09.03.2026 Arpan ARPAN Digitally signed by ARPAN JAISWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eabb68a3895e41937c266c23964c0485365445 e3a20dddb7393398f9fe45ba3e, postalCode=263001, JAISWAL st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=060FC17022BEAE3DE215D68D9D454C5 109CB987446351E4DF04AADAA2C2CEA66, cn=ARPAN JAISWAL Date: 2026.03.09 17:31:52 +05'30' 2026:UHC:1484