NAINITAL, India, Jan. 16 -- Uttarakhand High Court issued the following judgment on Jan. 2:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
AT NAINITAL
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA
02 January 2026
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 2340 of 2025
Ravi Kumar Aneja and two Others
Applicants
Versus
State of Uttarakhand and Another
Respondents
Counsel for the Applicants: Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate
Counsel for the Respondent No. 1: Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, Brief Holder
Counsel for the Respondent No. 2/Informant: Ms. Suraiya Naaz, Advocate
Hon'ble Alok Kumar Verma, J.
This application has been filed for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 5260 of 2021, pending before the court of learned Ist Additional Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital under Sections 323, 498A, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 3 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
Mr. Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for the applicants, appeared. Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holder for the Respondent No. 1, and Ms. Suraiya Naaz, learned counsel for the Respondent No. 2-informant, also appeared.
The applicant No. 1 is the husband of the Respondent No. 2-informant. The applicant No. 2 is the mother and the applicant No. 3 is the sister of the applicant No. 1. The applicants were present in person and identified by Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate. The Respondent No. 2 was present in person and identified by Ms. Suraiya Naaz, Advocate.
Both the applicants and the Respondent No. 2 submitted that there were matrimonial disputes between them, which have now been resolved. After resolving their disputes, they filed a Compounding Application (IA No. 1 of 2025) and affidavits of their free will and without any pressure. The Respondent No. 2 requested that the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 5260 of 2021 be quashed.
Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, Brief Holder, did not oppose the said request.
It is noticed that the parties have resolved their matrimonial disputes amicably. Therefore, it is a case in which the inherent jurisdiction of this Court should be exercised to do real and substantial justice.
Consequently, the present application, filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is allowed, and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 5260 of 2021, pending before the court of learned Ist Additional Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital, are hereby quashed.
ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.
Date: 02.01.2026
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