[1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR O R D E R S.B. CRIMINAL MISC. PETITION NO. 1069/2007 HARI BHAJAN & ORS. Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR. Date: 06.02.2008. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.S. RATHORE Mr. Ganesh Meena for the petitioners. Mr. Arun Sharma, Public Prosecutor for the State. Mr. Dhanraj Bhaskar for the complainant-respondent. **** This criminal misc. petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners for seeking quashment of FIR No. 54/2007 registered at Police Station Bonli, District Sawaimadhopur for the offences under Sections 498-A, 406 and 120-B IPC. Brief facts giving rise to the instant misc. petition are that the complainant-respondent Smt. Sunita filed a complaint before the Judicial Magistrate, Bonli, upon which the police registered FIR No. 54/2007 for the offences under Sections 498-A, 406 and 120-B IPC. On 04.06.2007 both the parties on motivation by the Lok Adalats and on the initiation of the members of the society/community, entered into a compromise and decided to resolve all the disputes between them and also decided to live separately. Both [2] the parties agreed that the husband shall pay one time maintenance amount to the tune of Rs. 2,50,000/- to the complainant/wife of the petitioner and the same was paid according to the terms of the compromise and a compromise deed was also executed between the parties on 04.06.2007. It was also agreed that the complainant will not proceed for the proceedings in relation to FIR No. 54/2007 registered at Police Station Bonli. The compromise duly signed and attested by the Notary Public has been placed on record and the fact of compromise has also not been disputed by the learned counsel Mr. Dhanraj Bhaskar, appearing for the complainant-respondent. Learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another, AIR 2003 SC 1386, wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court has observed that Section 498-A is enacted to prevent torture to woman by her husband or his relatives- Proceedings initiated by wife under Section 498-A against her husband and his relatives- Subsequently she settled her disputes with husband and his relations- Wife and husband agreed for mutual divorce- Application filed by wife [3] for quashing proceedings initiated by her against husband and his relatives- Refusal to exercise inherent powers by High Court- Not proper as it would prevent women from settling earlier and that is not the object of Chapter XXA of Penal Code. Having heard rival submissions of the respective parties and upon careful perusal of the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of B.S. Joshi and others (supra) and looking to the facts and circumstances of the case as also the fact that the complainant-respondent does not want to pursue her complaint, the complaint and further criminal proceedings pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Bonli as well as FIR No. 54/2007 registered at Police Station Bonli, District Sawaimadhopur for the offences under Sections 498-A, 406 and 120-B IPC are hereby quashed and set-aside. The criminal misc. petition stands allowed accordingly. (K.S. RATHORE)J. /KKC/