HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL C-482 NO. 781 OF 2006 Ajay Kumar Verma, S/o Sri Surendra Kumar Verma, R/o 576, Gali No. 4, Rajendra Nagar Dehradun, District-Dehradun. …………Applicant. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal. 2. Smt. Swetanjali Verma, D/o Sri B.K. Verma, R/o B-223 Yamuna Colony, Dankpatthar, District – Dehradun ……………..Respondents. Dated: 13.11.2006 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. Heard Sri P.S. Bisht holding the brief of Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. 2. Against the order dated 6th July, 2005 under Section 498-A of the India Penal Code and ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, the applicant has filed a Criminal Appeal No. 18 of 2005. Present petition has been filed for expediting the appeal No. 18 of 2005. 3. Counsel for the petitioner Sri P.S. Bisht has also submitted that parties are likely to enter into the compromise. 4. In view of the aforesaid, if there is settlement between the parties the same shall be submitted in appeal No. 18 of 2005 and the District Judge is directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of four months. 5. Subject to aforesaid order, the petition under Section 482, therefore, is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 13.11.2006 Rathour