IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Misc. App. No. 291 of 2008 In Criminal Misc. App. No. 265 of 2008 Amar Singh & others. .......... Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand & another. .......... Respondents Mr. Manish Arora, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Government Advocate for respondent No. 1. Mr. Sanjeev Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2. Hon’ble V.K. Gupta, C.J. Misc. Application No. 291 of 2008 has been filed by the petitioners for compounding of the offences. Along with this application, a document styled as ‘Joint Compromise’ has been filed, which is signed by both the parties as well as their counsel. Affidavits of Rajveer, one of the petitioners, and Shiv Prakash, respondent No. 2, have been filed in support of the application for compounding as well as Joint Compromise. Since the parties have now compromised and, in the interest of justice, the matter be not allowed to proceed any further, the compounding application is allowed. The offences, for which the petitioners were charged, are hereby compounded. The proceedings accordingly are quashed and set aside with all consequences. The petition is allowed. (V.K. Gupta, C.J.) 05.05.2008 G