Mukul Goyal vs State of Uttarakhand

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2026 Supreme(UK) 60

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
ASHISH NAITHANI
Mukul Goyal – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Applicant : Mr. Sharang Dhulia, learned counsel
For the Respondent: Mr. Vijay khanduri, learned brief holder

JUDGMENT :

Ashish Naithani, J.

The present application has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court for quashing of the criminal proceedings arising out of Special S.C./S.T. Case No. 14 of 2023 pending before the Court of the 5th Additional District and Sessions Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Dehradun.

2. The Applicant Mukul Goyal and the private Respondent Naina Surat Rawat are husband and wife. Their matrimonial relationship has been strained and multiple proceedings between the parties are stated to be pending in different jurisdictions.

3. It appears from the record that matrimonial proceedings between the parties were also initiated in the United Kingdom, where proceedings relating to dissolution of marriage and financial remedies were pursued before the Family Court at London. Documents relating to such proceedings, including orders passed by the Family Court in England, have been placed on record in the present petition.

4. The Applicant is presently residing abroad and, during the pendency of the proceedings before this Court, it was brought to the notice of the Court that he is residing in the United Kingdom. Acco