Uttarakhand High Court
C528/354/2026 on 11 March, 2026
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C-528 No. 354 of 2026
Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.
Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna, learned counsel
for the applicant.
2. Mr. S.C. Dumka, learned A.G.A. for the
State.
3. Mr. Jawant Singh, learned counsel for
respondent no. 2.
4. Present C-528 application is filed with
the prayer to set-aside/quash the charge-
sheet, cognizance/summoning order as well
as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.
3962 of 2022, State Vs. Sandeep Miyan,
under Sections 323, 498-A and 504 of IPC
and Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act
pending in the court of learned 6th Additional
Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)/ACJM, District Dehradun,
on the basis of compromise between the
parties.
5. Compounding application (IA/1/2026) is
also filed in the matter wherein it is prayed to
compound the offence between the parties
under Sections 323, 498-A and 504 of IPC
and Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
6. Learned counsel for the applicants
submits that the parties have amicably settled
their dispute and have entered into a
compromise.
7. 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.
8. Learned State Counsel raised a
preliminary objection to the effect that the
offences sought to be compounded are non-
compoundable.
9. 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.
10. Furthermore, 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.
11. Following the aforesaid ratio, present
compounding application (IA/1/2026) is
allowed. The offences between the parties are
permitted to be compounded. As a result, the
entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 3962
of 2022, State Vs. Sandeep Miyan, under
Sections 323, 498-A and 504 of IPC and
Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act
pending in the court of learned 6th Additional
Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)/ACJM, District Dehradun,
are hereby quashed qua the applicant. FIR
and charge-sheet filed pursuant thereto stand
quashed.
12. C-528 application stands disposed of in
the aforesaid terms.
(Alok Mahra J.)
11.03.2026
Ujjwal
