Uttarakhand High Court
Manvendra Singh And Ors vs State Of Uttarakhand And Another on 8 July, 2026
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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
Criminal Misc Application No. 2039 of 2025
08 July, 2026
Manvendra Singh And Ors --Applicants
Versus
State Of Uttarakhand and Another --Respondents
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Presence:-
Mr. Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Advocate for the Applicants.
Mr. Vipul Panuly, learned AGA for the State.
Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna, learned counsel for the respondent no.2
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Hon'ble Siddhartha Sah, J.
Mr. Ajeet Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the
applicants.
2. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA for the
State/respondent no.1.
3. Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna, learned counsel for the
respondent no.2.
4. By means of the present Criminal Misc.
Application under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, the
applicants have sought quashing of the cognizance and
summoning order dated 15.01.2025 as well as the entire
proceedings of Criminal Case No.2715 of 2025, ‘State vs.
Manvendra Singh and Others“, under Sections 323, 498A,
504, 506 of IPC AND Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition
Act, at police station Rajpur, District Dehradun pending in
the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Dehradun, District Dehradun.
5. During the pendency of the instant Criminal Misc.
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application before this Court, the applicants and the
respondent no.2 have jointly filed a Compounding
Application (No.03 of 2026) with the prayer that this instant
application may be allowed and the Criminal Case No. 2715
of 2025, ‘State vs. Manvendra Singh and Others” F.I.R.
No.0033 of 2024, under Sections 323, 498A, 504, 506 of IPC
AND Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, at police
station Rajpur, District Dehradun pending in the court of
learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun,
District Dehradun may be quashed.
6. Applicant no.1-Manvendra Singh, applicant no.2-
Gaur Singh Punidr and applicant no.3-Smt. Godambari
Devi are present through video conferencing. They are duly
identified by Mr. Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Advocate.
7. The respondent no.2 – Suman Kandari along with
Mr. Abhishek Nautiyal, Advocate is also present through
video conferencing. The respondent no.2 is duly identified
by Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna, Advocate.
8. Heard learned counsel for the parties on
Compounding Application (IA No.03 of 2026).
9. The said application is duly supported by the
affidavits of the applicant no.1, applicant no.2, applicant
no.3 on the one side and the respondent no.2-
victim/complainant on the other side.
10. In the Compounding Application, both the parties
have stated that the parties have came into terms and
decided to settle the dispute outside the court. They further
stated that the applicant No.1 and informant have already
settled the dispute out of the court and decided to be
separated mutually and have filed a divorce petition under
Section 27 of Uniform Civil Code (Section 13B) for mutual
divorce.
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11. Learned counsel for the applicants further states
that the applicants have already given Rs.5,10,000/-
through RTGS dated 11.08.2025 and further Rs.7,65,000/-
has been decided to be given at the time of second motion of
divorce petition. It is further stated that the applicants have
complied with the terms and conditions of the settlement
and parties have settled to decide the criminal case in terms
of the compromise and the opposite party no.2 shall not
prosecute further against the applicants in any case. It is
also stated therein that the present criminal case is pending
between the parties and other disputes have been already
resolved, therefore, this Court may be pleased to allow this
application and quash the criminal case against the
applicants in terms of the settlement and the case may be
compounded.
12. A query has been made to the respondent no.2-
Suman Kandari who is appearing through video
conferencing and she confirms the averments made in the
Compounding Application and she reiterates the same and
states that the matter has been settled between the parties
and she does not want to pursue the matter any further.
13. Mr. Vipul Painuly, learned AGA for the State
raises serious objection for allowing the compounding
application as the offences are non-compoundable.
14. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that
the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State
of Punjab, 2012 (10) SCC 303, Dimpey Gujral vs. Union
Territory, Chandigarh, (2013) 11 SCC 497, B.S. Joshi vs.
State of Haryana, (2003) 4 SCC 675 and Nikhil Merchant vs.
CBI, (2008) 9 SCC 677, has permitted the compounding of
non-compoundable offence and has held that in exercise of
power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (Section 582 B.N.S.S.),
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compounding can be done in non-compoundable offences.
15. He further submits that since the matter relates
to matrimonial disputes and parties have already settled
their disputes amicably, hence, the compounding
application deserved to be allowed.
16. Since the applicant no.1 and the respondent no.2
have already resolved their matrimonial disputes by virtue
of the petition of mutual divorce, hence nothing survives
and it will be futile exercise to let the matter go for trial.
17. Considering the overall facts and circumstances
of the case, the present Compounding Application (IA No.03
of 2026) is accordingly allowed. The offences are permitted
to be compounded.
18. As a consequence thereof, the Cognizance and
Summoning Order dated 15.01.2025 and the entire
proceedings of Criminal Case No.2715 of 2015, ‘State vs.
Manvendra Singh and Others” pertaining to FIR No.0033 of
2024 under Sections 323, 498A, 504, 506 of IPC and
Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, at police station
Rajpur, District Dehradun pending in the court of learned
3rd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun are
hereby quashed.
19. The Criminal Misc. Application No.2039 of 2025
is, accordingly, disposed of.
20. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of
accordingly.
(Siddhartha Sah, J.)
08.07.2026
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