IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 282 of 2010 1. Fauja Singh S/o Thakur Singh 2. Milkha Singh S/o Fauja Singh 3. Pream Singh S/o Fauja Singh 4. Harwansh Kaur w/o Fauja Singh 5. Swaran Kaur W/o Milkha Singh All R/o Kaliyawala, P.S. Jaspur District Udham Singh Nagar. ...…………. Petitioners 1. State of Uttarakhand Versus Through Secretary (Home) Uttarakhand Government, Dehradun. 2. Smt. Rani Kaur D/o Pooran Singh R/o Kaliyawala, District Udham Singh Nagar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. D.C.S. Rawat, Advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. Mamta Bisht, A.G.A. for respondent No. 1 / State. Mr. Siddhartha Sah, Advocate for respondent No. 2 / complainant. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Petitioner No. 1 Fauja Singh, his son Gurudev Singh (husband) and Smt. Rani Kaur (respondent No. 2 / complainant / wife) are present in person, with their counsel. 2) Heard. 3) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred as Cr.P.C.), the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 4049 of 2009; State Vs. Fauja Singh and others, relating to offences 2 punishable under Section 498-A, 323, 324, 452, 504, 506 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, police station Jaspur, pending in the court of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur. 4) Learned counsel for the parties state that the parties to the matrimony have entered into compromise. The compromise is filed today in the Court by the parties to the matrimony which is supported by affidavit of respondent No. 2 Smt. Rani Kaur. She verified the compromise in the court. She pleaded that she does not want to prosecute the petitioners, and her husband. 5) In the above circumstances, in view of the principle of law laid down in B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 Supreme Court Cases 675, this petition deserves to be allowed. 6) Therefore, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is allowed. The proceedings of Criminal Case No. 4049 of 2009; State Vs. Fauja Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 498-A, 323, 324, 452, 504, 506 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, police station Jaspur, pending in the court of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, are hereby quashed. Dt. April 29, 2010. H. Negi (Prafulla C. Pant, J.)