1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 615 of 2011 1. Umed Singh Bhandari S/o Late Shri Pan Singh Bhandari presently posted as Constable Civil Police Police Station Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar 2. Pratab Singh Bhandari S/o Late Shri Pan Singh Bhandari R/o Village Jakh, post Naulakot Tehsil Dwarahat, District Almora 3. Smt. Munni Devi @ Mohani Devi S/o Shri Kalyan Singh Negi R/o Takana Colony, Pithoragarh District Pithoragarh …..…Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun 2. Smt. Deepa Bhandari, W/o Shri Umed Singh Bhandari R/o Village Kama, Tehsil Dwarahat District Almora ……….Respondents Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Mrs. Mamta Bisht, A.G.A., present for the State. Mr. Amish Tiwari, Advocate, present for the respondent no. 2. Hon'ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2. By means of this petition moved under 2 section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C.) the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of criminal case no. 25 of 2011, State vs. Umed Singh Bhandari & others, relating to offences punishable under section 498A, 506 IPC, and one punishable under section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Dwarahat, District Almora. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondent no. 2 state that parties to matrimony (respondent no. 2 Deepa Bhandari and petitioner no. 1 Umed Singh Bhandari) have entered into compromise, and they have decided to live together. It is pleaded that in view of the compromise between the parties to matrimony, the impugned proceedings against the petitioners be quashed. Petitioner no. 1 is husband, petitioner no. 2 is brother-in-law and petitioner no. 3 is sister-in-law of the respondent no. 2. 4. Shri Umed Singh Bhandari (petitioner no. 1) and Smt. Deepa Bhandari (respondent no. 2) are present in person in the court, identified by their counsel. The two verified the fact that they have 3 entered into compromise, and decided to live peacefully together. A compounding application supported by affidavits of the said parties is filed before this Court today, and prayed that entire proceedings of impugned criminal case be quashed. 5. In view of the above development, and keeping in mind the principle of law laid down in B.S. Joshi vs. State of Haryana & anr., (2003) 4SCC page 675, this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C., deserves to be allowed. 6. Therefore, the petition under section 482 Cr.P.C., is allowed. The proceedings of criminal case no. 25 of 2011, State vs. Umed Singh Bhandari & others, relating to offences punishable under section 498A, 506 IPC, and one punishable under section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Dwarahat, District Almora, are hereby quashed, as against all the accused. (Compounding application stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Parul 14.09.2011 4