Uttarakhand High Court
C528/1297/2026 of PRABHJEET SINGH CHHATWAL AND ORS Vs STATE OF UTTARAKHAND on 15 June 2026
Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS C528 No.1297 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Mukesh Singh Rawat, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned AGA
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Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
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1. Mr. Mukesh Singh Rawat, learned counsel for the applicants.
2. Ms. Meenakshi Sharma, learned AGA for the State.
3. Ms. Chitra Joshi, learned counsel for respondent no.3.
4. The instant application has been preferred under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 by the applicants, namely, Prabhjeet Singh Chhatwal, Banni Pratap Singh Chhatwal and Japjot Singh Chhatwal @ Tapjot Singh along with the compounding application with the affidavit of the applicants and the respondent/complainant-Surendra Rana for quashing of entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3282 of 2026, State vs. Banni alias Sonu Sardar and others arising out of First Information Report dated 20.03.2023 bearing FIR No.0137 of 2023, P.S. Patel Nagar, District Dehradun, wherein all the present applicants have been summoned to face the trial for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 504 and 506 IPC.
5. All the applicants and respondent/complainant are present in Court and are identified by their respective counsel.
6. It is argued by learned counsel for the parties that all the applicants and respondent/complainant are residing in same locality and due to intervention of some elderly people, now they have resolved their disputes. The complainant who is present in Court submits that he does not want to proceed with the proceedings since now his relations with all the applicants are very cordial and he does not want to pursue with the proceeding.
7. Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma, learned AGA submits that all the offences are compoundable and since now, they have settled their disputes amicably and their relations are very cordial, therefore, continuation of proceeding will be a futile exercise and the compounding application can be allowed.
8. After hearing the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the averment made in the compounding application and the FIR as well as the charge-sheet and the fact that now the parties have settled their disputes amicably, all the offences are compoundable this Court is of the view that in the interest of justice, the proceeding may be quashed.
9. In such view of the matter, the present application preferred under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 as well as the compounding application are allowed.
10. The entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.3282 of 2026, State vs. Banni alias Sonu Sardar, pending in the court of First Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun arising out of First Information Report dated 20.03.2023 bearing FIR No.0137 of 2023, P.S. Patel Nagar, District Dehradun, is hereby quashed subject to the cost of Rs.50,000/- to be paid in the account of Advocates Welfare Fund within 15 days from today.
(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)
15.06.2026
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