IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 21ST MAY 2010 / 31ST VAISAKHA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 1096 of 2010(B) -------------------------------------- (FIR.NO.159/08 OF KADAVANTHARA POLICE STATION AND FIR NO.64/08 OF THE KAZHAKKUTTOM POLICE STATION) .............. PETITIONERS/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT & ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. SMT.FEBA ELIZABETH SUNNY, AGED 25 YEARS, D/O.SUNNY JOSEPH, PARACKAL HOUSE, VENGALLOOR KARA, KUMARAMANGALAM VILLAGE, THODUPUZHA, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 2. SRI.JOBIN LUKE, AGED 27 YEARS, S/O.LUKE P.J., PALUVELIL HOUSE, THAMPALAKKADU KARA, KANJIRAPPALLY VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.THOMAS GEORGE, SRI.MOHAN JACOB GEORGE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. 2. S.H.O.KAZHAKUTTOM POLICE STATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CITY. 3. S.H.O.KADAVANTHARA POLICE STATION, KOCHI CITY. R1 TO R3 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. S.U. NAZAR. THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/05/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No. 1096 of 2010 = = = = = = = = = == Dated: 21st day of May, 2010 ORDER Petitioners, who are the accused in Annexures 2 to 4 F.I.Rs seek to quash those F.I.Rs. 2. In the light of the subsequent settlement of the dispute between the marital parties, the petitioners have 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 petitioners is an avoidable irritant. 3. 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. 1096 of 2010 2 Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is allowed. Annexures 2 to 4 F.I.Rs and C.C No.220 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Attingal shall stand quashed. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE). dmb