Uttarakhand High Court
Hon’Ble Alok Mahra vs Unknown on 26 February, 2026
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C-528 No. 300 of 2026
Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Chandel, learned
counsel for the applicant.
2. Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, learned Brief
Holder for the State.
3. Mr. Nikhil Kushwaha, learned counsel
for respondent no. 2.
4. Present C-528 application is filed with
the prayer to set-aside/quash the
chargesheet dated 20.05.2025,
cognizance/summoning order dated
07.07.2025 as well as the entire
proceedings of Criminal Case No. 877 of
2024, State Vs. Yashpal Chauhan & Others,
under Sections, under Sections 420, 467,
468, 120-B, 34 of IPC and Section 10/24 of
the Emigration Act, 1983, pending in the
court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Jaspur,
District Udham Singh Nagar, on the basis of
compromise between the parties.
5. Brief facts of the case are that an FIR
was lodged by the complainant, wherein, it
was alleged that one Yashpal Chauhan, who
was friend of the father of the complainant
and was residing at Ambala, induced his
father that he has sent many persons to
Canada, U.S. and U.K. under valid permitted
visa and he would also send the complainant
and for this purpose, total expenses would
come to Rs. 15 Lakhs. Father of the
complainant, on various occasions, gave
money to Yashpal Chauhan, Isha Rana and
the present applicant namely Krishna Nand
Jha.
6. It is the case of the applicant that he is
running a CSC Centre in Ambala. A total
sum amounting to Rs. 7.75 Lakhs was
deposited in the account of the applicant on
different dates, which was immediately
forwarded by the applicant in the account
numbers given by one Sandeep Chauhan.
7. Compounding application is also filed in
the matter wherein it is prayed to compound
the offence between the parties under
Sections 420, 467, 468, 120-B, 34 of IPC
and Section 10/24 of the Emigration Act,
1983.
8. Learned counsel for the applicant
submits that the parties have amicably
settled their dispute and have entered into a
compromise.
9. Parties are virtually 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. It is also
submitted by the parties that they have
entered into an agreement and the amount
which was deposited in the account of the
applicant has been returned back by the
applicant to the complainant.
10. Learned State Counsel raised a
preliminary objection to the effect that the
offences sought to be compounded are non-
compoundable.
11. Hon’ble Supreme Court, in a catena of
its judgments, has observed that in 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.
12. Following the aforesaid ratio, present
compounding application is allowed. The
offences between the parties are permitted
to be compounded. As a result, the entire
proceedings of Criminal Case No. 877 of
2024, State Vs. Yashpal Chauhan &
Others, under Sections, under Sections
420, 467, 468, 120-B, 34 of IPC and
Section 10/24 of the Emigration Act, 1983,
pending in the court of learned Judicial
Magistrate, Jaspur, District Udham Singh
Nagar, are hereby quashed qua the
applicant. FIR and charge-sheet filed
pursuant thereto stand quashed.
13. The present criminal misc. application
stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms.
(Alok Mahra J.)
26.02.2026
Ujjwal