IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 3RD AUGUST 2010 / 12TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3077 of 2010 ---------------------------------- (CRIME NO. 3167/2009 OF ALUVA POLICE STATION ON THE FILE OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT-I, ALUVA) .................... PETITIONER: ------------------- SULU K.S., AGED 23 YEARS,W/O.NAZAR, CHERIPARAMBIL HOUSE, KEEZHMADU, ERUMATHALA P.O. ALUVA EAST VILLAGE,ALUVA TALUK – 683 102. BY ADVS. SRI.V.M.SAJAN, SRI.JAISON JOSEPH. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. NAZAR S/O. ABOOBACKER, CHERIPARAMBIL HOUSE, MUTHIRAKKAD BHAGOM, KEEZHMADU KARA, ALUVA EAST VILLAGE, ALUVA TALUK – 683 102. 3. AYSHA BEEVI, W/O. ABOOBACKER, CHERIPARAMBIL HOUSE, MUTHIRAKKAD BHAGOM, KEEZHMADU KARA, ALUVA EAST VILLAGE, ALUVA TALUK – 683 102. R1 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. HRITIK. THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------------------ Crl.M.C.No.3077 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd day of August, 2010 ORDER The petitioner is the de facto complainant in Crime No.3167 of 2009 of Aluva Police Station for an offence punishable under Sec. 498A I.P.C. 2. In the light of the subsequent settlement of the dispute between the marital parties, the petitioner has approached this Court by invoking the powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Having regard to the resolution of the disputes between the marital parties, continuance of the criminal prosecution against the petitioner is an avoidable irritant. 3. Eventhough the offence under Section 498 A I.P.C. is not compoundable, in the light of the decision of the Apex Court in B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana (AIR 2003 SC 1386), the powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. can be invoked by this Court to bring about premature termination of the prosecution. Crl.M.C.No.3077/2010 : 2 : Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is allowed. F.I.R. in Crime No.3167/2009 of Aluva Police Station shall stand quashed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj