IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Compounding Application No. 1433/2011 In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION No. 236/2009 (Under Section 482 of the CrPC) Ramesh @ Prem Prakash & Others …….Applicants Versus State of Uttarakhand & Another ……Respondents Mr. S.C. Bhatt & Smt. Pushpa Bhatt, Advocates, for the applicants/petitioners. Mr. Nandan Arya, AGA, for the State. Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate, for the private respondent no. 2. Smt. Hansi Devi, respondent no. 2, in person. 2nd December, 2011 Hon’ble Servesh Kumar Gupta, J. By way of this Criminal Miscellaneous Application, prayer has been made to quash the summoning order dated 24.2.2009 and the whole proceedings of Criminal Case No. 8/2009, State v. Ramesh Chandra & Others, under Section 323, 498A IPC and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Ranikhet, District Almora. 2. The complainant Smt. Hansi Devi, respondent no. 2, is present in person, while her husband Ramesh @ Prem Prakash, applicant petitioner, who is serving in the Armed Forces of India and is posted at Hyderabad, has left to join his duties as his period of leave has expired. But he has duly signed the compounding application as well as his affidavit. 3. Smt. Hansi Devi, duly identified by her Counsel, has ratified the terms of agreement. She stated that the dispute between her and the applicants petitioners has been resolved amicably, and now, she is peacefully residing in her matrimonial house. She does not want to proceed with the ongoing Criminal Case No. 8/2009 pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Ranikhet, District Almora. 2 4. In view of the above, the compromise entered into between the parties is accepted. Compounding application is allowed. Summoning order dated 24.2.2009 and the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 8/2009, State v. Ramesh Chandra & Others, under Section 323, 498A IPC and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Ranikhet, District Almora, are hereby quashed. Petition is disposed of accordingly. 5. Registry is directed to inform the court concerned accordingly. (Servesh Kumar Gupta, J.) 2.12.2011 Prabodh