Jahangeer v. State of Uttarakhand

SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar's order with Signatures COURT'S OR JUDGE'S ORDERS

C528/1571/2026 With IA 1/2026 (For Compounding Application)

Jahangeer --Applicant Versus State Of Uttarakhand --Respondent

Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.

¶1Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the applicant.

¶2Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State.

¶3Mr. Sushil Kumar, learned counsel holding the brief of Mr. Subhash Joshi, learned counsel for the respondent.

¶4The instant petition is moved on behalf of the present applicant 'Jahangeer' S/o Ijhaar along with the compounding application with the affidavit of the applicant and the respondents Mohd. Asif, brother of the victim and the respondent no.

¶3The applicant and the respondent nos. 2 and 3 are present in court and are identified by their respective counsel.

¶5The present applicant is facing trial for the offences punishable under section 69 and 351(2) of BNS, 2023 in Criminal Case No. 1352 of 2025 'State vs. Jahangeer' pending in the court of learned Additional Civil Judge (S.D.)/ACJM, Roorkee, District Haridwar.

¶6It is contended in the compounding application that both the applicant and the respondent/complainant and the victim belongs to the same village and the applicant and the victim known to each other since last ten years back and they have settled their dispute without any coercion due to intervention of the family members and some respected persons of the

locality and the proceedings have initiated only due to some misunderstanding and also have decided to solemnized their marriage in the near future. The applicant, who is present in court, submits that he want to marry with the victim for which their family members are also given their consent voluntarily.

¶7Mr. Joshi, learned A.G.A. submits that though the offence is not compoundable but the allegation is on the false pretext of marriage and now they have decided to resolve the dispute and their family members have also decided that shortly in a future they will marry, therefore, this aspect can be looked into while considering the compounding application.

¶8After hearing the submission of learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the averments as made in the compounding application and the desire of the applicant to marry with the victim, this court at this juncture is of the view that there is no useful purpose to continue the proceeding since as per the statement given in the compounding application they all settled their disputes. In such view of the matter though the offences is not compoundable but taking into consideration the subsequent development as reflected in the affidavit in the interest of justice this court is of the view that the continuation of proceeding is completely a futile exercise.

¶9In such view of the matter, the instant petition as well as the compounding application are allowed and the entire proceeding of Criminal Case No. 1352 of 2025 'State vs. Jahangeer' arising out of Case Crime No. 0279 of 2025 pending in the court of learned Additional Civil Judge (S.D.)/ACJM, Roorkee, District Haridwar, is hereby quashed.

(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.)

22.07.2026 PR