Reserved on 30.07.2025 Delivered on 05.08.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Criminal Misc. Application No. 1413 of 2016

(Under Section 482 Cr.P.C.)

Vaibhav Kumar and Others ………..Applicants

Versus

State of Uttarakhand and Another ….….Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Ms. Pushpa Joshi, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Bhagendra Bhadana and Mr. Rajat Kholia, learned counsel for the

applicants.

Mr. B.N. Molakhi, learned Deputy A.G. for the State.

Mr. Neeraj Garg, learned counsel for respondent

no.2/complainant.

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Hon’ble Mr. Alok Mahra, J.

This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C.

has been filed by the applicants seeking quashing of the impugned order dated 09.09.2016 passed in Misc. Case No. 267 of 2014 “Smt. Ritu Raj Vs. Vaibhav Kumar and Others” under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (“DV Act”), pending before the Court of IVth Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun as well as the entire criminal proceedings of the aforesaid case. The grievance of the applicants is that the learned Magistrate erroneously