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Date or directions COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS No.

and Registrar’s order with Signatures WPCRL/ 332/ 2026 Along with Compounding Appl. No. 01 of 2026 Banti …..Petitioner Vs.

State of Uttarakhand & Ors.

…..Respondents Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.

1. Mr. Mukesh Rawat, learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. Mr. B.C. Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State.

3. Ms. Chitra Joshi, learned counsel for the complainant.

4. The instant criminal writ petition has been preferred along with compounding application bearing IA No. 1 of 2026 by the petitioner Banti, praying for quashing of the FIR dated 13.09.2025, bearing FIR No. 360 of 2025 registered at P.S. Bazpur District U.S. Nagar wherein the present petitioner has been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections

115(2), 351(2) and 352 of BNS 2023.

5. The compounding application is supported with the affidavits of the petitioner and the complainant/respondent no. 3 and the victim-respondent no. 4 (daughter of respondent no. 3).

6. The petitioner, respondent no. 3/ complainant and the victim and respondent no. 4 are present in court and identified by their counsel. Xerox copies of the Aadhar card, duly signed by the parties and verified by their counsel are kept on record.

7. It is contended by the learned counsel for the parties that both the parties are residing in same vicinity and there was some dispute and the allegation, as alleged, is, in fact, is not correct and no such incident was happened. Learned counsel for the parties further argued that since both the parties have settled their all disputes amicably without any compulsion and living with harmony and marriage of respondent no. 4 is fixed and scheduled to be held on 22.02.2026, therefore, the impugned FIR be quashed, since continuation of the investigation pursuant to the impugned FIR will affect the future prospects of respondent no. 4.

8. Mr. Nainwal, learned A.G.A. for the State submits that all the offences are compoundable and since the parties have settled their dispute, therefore, there is no useful purpose to go with the investigation pursuant to the impugned FIR.

9. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties, and taking into consideration that now the parties have settled their dispute and they all are living with harmony and their relations are very cordial and all the offences are compoundable, therefore, this Court is of the view that there is no useful purpose to go with the investigation and, as such, the compounding application deserves to be allowed.

10. Accordingly compounding application as well as the instant writ petition are allowed. Consequently, impugned FIR is also hereby quashed.

(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)

18.02.2026 Parul