IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Stay Vacation Application No. 1136 of 2010 Compounding Application No. 70 of 2011 In Criminal Misc. Application (C482) No. 293 of 2009 1. Anil Kumar Kansal S/o Late Shri Sunder Kumar Kansal R/o Maihtan Jwalapur, Haridwar 2. Puneet Kansal S/o Late Shri Sunder Kumar Kansal R/o Maihtan Jwalapur, Haridwar …..…Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home, Civil Secretariat, Dehradun 2. Virender Pratap Singh S/o Late Shri Rafal Singh Verma R/o Ranchi Niwas Devpura District Haridwar ……….Respondents Shri Kartikey Hari Gupta, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Shri M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Shri Parikshit Saini, Advocate, present for the respondent no.2. Respondent no.2 Virender Pratap Singh is also present in person Hon'ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2. Learned counsel for the parties state that complainant has entered into compromise with the 2 petitioners Anil Kumar Kansal and Puneet Kansal, and he does not want to prosecute the petitioners. 3. It is a case of 420 IPC, which was registered after an application was moved by respondent no. 2 under section 156 (3) Cr.P.C. 4. Application no. 70 of 2011, has been moved on behalf of the petitioners and respondent no.2 before this Court supported by affidavit stating that the parties have entered into compromise , and as such, the trial of the petitioner no. 1 Anil Kumar Kansal and petitioner no. 2 Puneet Kansal be quashed. 5. In view of the principle of law laid down in Nikhil Merchant vs. C.B.I. (2008) 9SCC page 677, considering the fact that the parties have entered into compromise, this petition under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is disposed of with the direction that the impugned trial as against the petitioners Anil Kumar Kansal and Puneet Kumar Kansal is quashed. However, the trial court may proceed against third accused Suman Kumar who is facing trial in the same criminal case no. 1904 of 2009, pending before the Chief Judicial 3 Magistrate, Haridwar. (Stay application no. 1136 of 2010, and compounding application no. 70 of 2011, stand disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant,J.) Parul 17.02.2011