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

and Registrar’s order with Signatures WPCRL/ 477/ 2026 With Compounding Appl. No. 1 of 2026 Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.

1. Mr. Rajendra Singh Azad, learned counsel through V.C. with Mr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner

2. Ms. Sweta Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the State.

3. Mr. Devesh Saini, learned counsel for the complainant.

4. The instant writ petition has been preferred by the petitioners, namely, Noor Alam, Ikram, Kurban, Farid Ansari and Pawan Dubey for quashing of FIR dated 31.01.2026, bearing FIR/Case Crime No. 70 of 2026, registered at P.S. Manglaur, District Haridwar lodged by the respondent no. 3 Tasleem implicating all these petitioners for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 351(2), 352 and 61(2) of BNS

2023.

5. The writ petition is supported with the compounding application and the affidavits of the petitioners and the complainant/respondent no. 3. All are present in Court and are identified by their respective counsels.

6. It is contended in the compounding application that the parties have settled their disputes and their relations are now cordial. It is also contended that there was some money transaction in between the parties and the entire money now has been paid to respondent no. 3.

7. Respondent no. 3 is present in Court and also submits that he settled all the disputes with the petitioners and does not want to pursue the impugned FIR.

8. Ms. Sweta Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the State submits that the offences punishable under Sections 336(3), 338 and 340(2) of BNS 2023 are non compoundable but since the parties have settled their disputes and complainant himself submits that he does not want to pursue the impugned FIR, therefore, there is no useful purpose to go with the further investigation.

9. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the averments as made in the compounding application and particularly the fact that the respondent/complainant does not want to pursue the impugned FIR, this Court is of the view that the compounding application as well as the writ petition deserve to be allowed.

10. Accordingly, the compounding application as well as the writ petition are allowed. The impugned FIR 31.01.2026, bearing FIR/Case Crime No. 70 of 2026, registered at P.S. Kotwali Manglaur District Haridwar is also hereby quashed.

(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)

18.03.2026 Parul