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Kundan Singh Negi vs. State of Uttarakhand

Decided on 29 November 2024• Citation: C482/406/2022• High Court of Uttarakhand
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                                                               2024:UHC:8893        
                    HIGH   COURT    OF  UTTARAKHAND        AT  NAINITAL             
                     Criminal Misc. Application  U/s 482 No. 406  of 2022           
                    Kundan  Singh Negi and others         ……….Petitioners           
                                            Versus                                  
                    State Of Uttarakhand and another      ……..Respondent            
                    Presence:-                                                      
                    Ms. Pushpa Joshi, Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Chetna Latwal, 
                    counsel for the petitioner.                                     
                    Mr. G.S. Sandhu, A.G.A. along with Ms. Mamta Joshi, Brief Holder
                    for the State.                                                  
                    Mr. Nitin Tewari, counsel for respondent no. 2.                 
                                                         Dated: 29.11.2024          
                    Hon'ble Vivek  Bharti Sharma,  J.                               
                              This petition is filed by the petitioners/accused     
                    for quashing of the cognizance/summoning   order dated          
                    06.12.2019  passed  in Criminal Case  No.1079  of 2019          
                    “State vs. Kundan Singh Negi &  Others” under Sections          
                    323, 498-A   & 506  I.P.C. and  Section 3/4  of Dowry           
                    Prohibition Act, 1961 pending in the court of Additional        
                    Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramnagar,   Nainital, charge         
                    sheet as  well as the entire proceedings  of the above          
                    criminal  case qua   the  petitioners, in view  of the          
                    compromise  arrived at between the parties.                     
                    2.        In view  of  the fact  that a  Compounding            
                    Application was  filed by the parties, this Court, vide         
                    order dated  13.11.2024,  had  directed the parties to          
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                                                               2024:UHC:8893        
                    appear  before  the  Secretary, District Legal  Service         
                    Authority, Nainital in order  to get  their statements          
                    recorded and to verify the compromise deed.                     
                    3.        Pursuant  to such  order, Secretary, District         
                    Legal Service  Authority, Nainital has  submitted  the          
                    report which  clearly indicates that the  parties have          
                    settled the dispute amicably and have  also verified the        
                    contents of the compromise.                                     
                    4.        In view of the above, Compounding Application         
                    (IA No.5/2024)  is hereby  allowed. As  a consequence           
                    thereof, cognizance/summoning  order dated 06.12.2019           
                    passed  in Criminal Case  No.1079   of 2019  “State vs.         
                    Kundan  Singh Negi & Others” under Sections 323, 498-A          
                    & 506  I.P.C. and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act,         
                    1961  pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial         
                    Magistrate, Ramnagar, Nainital, the charge sheet as well        
                    as the entire proceedings of the above criminal case are        
                    hereby quashed  qua the petitioners.                            
                    5.        Present petition u/s  482  Cr.P.C.  is, thus,         
                    disposed of in terms of compromise  arrived at between          
                    the parties.                                                    
                                                 (Vivek Bharti Sharma,  J.)         
                                                        29.11.2024                  
                    Mamta                                                           
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                               Date: 2024.12.03 12:36:44                            
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