Uttarakhand High Court
C482/1997/2022 on 12 February, 2026
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C-482 No. 1997 of 2022
With
C-482 No. 2008 of 2022
Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.
Ms. Leybanoor, learned counsel, holding
brief of Ms. Sadaf, learned counsel for the
applicants.
2. Ms. Pushpa Bhatt, learned D.A.G.
alongwith Mr. S.C. Dumka, learned A.G.A. for
the State.
3. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma, learned
counsel for the complainant. (through V.C.)
4. Present C-528 application is filed with
the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge-
sheet dated 08.01.2022, cognizance order
dated 26.09.2022 as well as the entire
proceedings of Criminal Case No. 11465 of
2022, State Vs. Gulzar and Others, under
Sections 323, 504 and 498-A of IPC and
Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending
in the court of learned Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Haridwar, on the basis of
compromise between the parties.
5. Compounding application (IA/2/2026) is
also filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to
compound the offence between the parties
under Sections 323, 504 and 498-A of IPC
and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
6. Learned counsels for the parties submit
that the parties have amicably settled their
dispute and have entered into a compromise.
They do not want to proceed with the case
now.
7. Parties are present before this Court and
are duly identified by their respective
counsels. Parties have also filed their
respective affidavits stating the facts of
compromise between them.
8. The complainant-Nazreen, who is
present before this Court, has submitted that
the matter has been amicably settled and a
suit for mutual divorce has been filed in which
first motion has been completed. She further
submits that she does not want to press the
present criminal case against the applicants.
9. Learned State Counsel raised a
preliminary objection to the effect that the
offences sought to be compounded are non-
compoundable.
10. However, the Hon’ble Apex Court in the
case of B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of
Haryana reported in (2003) 4 S.C.C., Page
675, has permitted compounding of non-
compoundable offences with the permission of
Court, especially in matrimonial disputes.
11. Following the aforesaid ratio, present
compounding application (IA/2/2026) is
allowed. The offences between the parties are
permitted to be compounded. As a result,
entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 11465
of 2022, State Vs. Gulzar and Others, under
Sections 323, 504 and 498-A of IPC and
Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending
in the court of learned Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Haridwar, are hereby quashed qua
the applicants. FIR and charge-sheet filed
pursuant thereto also stand quashed.
12. C-528 application stands disposed of in
the aforesaid terms.
(Alok Mahra J.)
12.02.2026
Ujjwal