Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 980 UK
Judgement Date : 29 March, 2022
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
Criminal Misc. Application No. 391 of 2022
Narendra Singh Rajwar ........... Petitioner
Vs.
State of Uttarakhand and another ........ Respondents
Present : Mr. Manoj Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Lalit Miglani, A.G.A. for the State/respondent no.1.
Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Advocate for respondent no.2.
JUDGMENT
Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Challenge in this petition is made to the
cognizance order dated 10.05.2016, passed in
Criminal Case No. 2309 of 2016, State vs. Yogesh
Singh and others, under Sections 324 and 506 IPC,
pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate Haldwani, District Nainital (for short, "the
case") as well as the entire proceedings of the case on
the basis of amicable settlement between the parties.
2. Parties have also filed a joint compounding
application along with the affidavits of the petitioner
and the respondent no.2.
3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and
perused the record.
4. Learned counsel for the parties would
submit that they have amicably settled the dispute
and they are living in peace and harmony now.
5. The petitioner and the respondent no.2, as
identified by their respective counsel, are present
before the Court. They have accepted the compromise.
The respondent no.2 has submitted that he does not
want to proceed with the matter.
6. The parties have settled the dispute
amicably. Therefore, having considered the nature of
offence and all the attending factors, this Court is of
the view that it is a case which may be decided on the
basis of amicable settlement between the parties.
Accordingly, the petition deserves to be allowed.
7. Accordingly, the instant petition is allowed.
The cognizance order as well as the entire
proceedings of the case, is hereby quashed.
8. Compounding application stands disposed
of accordingly.
(Ravindra Maithani, J.) 29.03.2022 Nahid
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