IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 10TH JUNE 2008 / 20TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 681 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.228/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, (ADHOC), PALAKKAD CC.39/2003 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONERS: APPELLANTS/ACCUSED ------------------------------------ 1. JANARDHANAN, S/O. KUNJU, AGED 33 YEARS, KUNDUKAD HOUSE, NADUVATHAPARA, PERINGOTTUKURISSI, ALATHUR TALUK, PALAKKAD. 2. KUNJU LAKSHMI, W/O. LATE KUNJU, AGED 70 YEARS, KUNDUKAD HOUSE, NADUVATHAPARA, PERINGOTTUKURISSI, ALATHUR TALUK, PALAKKAD. 3. KANCHANALATHA, D/O. KUNJU, AGED 37 YRS, KUNDUKAD HOUSE, NADUVATHAPARA, PERINGOTTUKURISSI, ALATHUR TALUK, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.JACOB SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT AND STATE ---------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTING SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTAYI POLICE STATION, KOTTAYI POLICE STATION, CR.NO.131/2002. 2. SASIKALA, D/O. RAJAN, RAKKANKULATH, VANUR, KATTUSSERRI AMSOM DESOM, ALATHUR TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SUNIL NAIR PALAKKAT FOR R.2 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 681 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 10-06-2008 ORDER Petitioners are accused Nos. 1 to 3 in C.C. No. 39 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M.I, Palakkad for offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 read with Sec. 34 I.P.C. 2. In the light of the subsequent settlement of the dispute between the marital parties, petitioners have approached this Court by invoking the powers under Section 320 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. 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. Accordingly, this Crl.R.P. is allowed. C.C. No. 39 OF 2003 pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate -I, Palakkad, shall stand quashed. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani