IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application (C482) No. 1007 of 2011 1- Wahid Hussain Son of Sri Jamshed Ali 2- Krishna Kumar Son of Late Raghubir Singh Both Resident of Village Telpur Chowk Mehuwala Mafi, P.S. Patel Nagar, District Dehradun. ….…..Petitioners Versus 1- State of Uttarakhand through S.S.P. Dehradun. 2- Smt. Shakuntala Devi wife of Late Sri Chaman Lal, Resident of Village Telpur Chowk Mehuwala Mafi, P.S. Patel Nagar, District Dehradun. ……Respondents Mr. Dharmendra Barthwal, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Mr. S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Mr. Pawan Mishra, Advocate, present for the respondent No.2 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioners have sought quashing of proceedings of Criminal Case No. 5235 of 2011, State Vs. Kesar Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station-Patel Nagar, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate1st Dehradun. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that complainant (respondent No.2) has entered into compromise with the petitioners and she does not want to prosecute them. 2 4) Smt. Shakuntala Devi, (respondent No.2) identified by her counsel Sri Pawan Mishra, Advocate, is present in the Court and she verified the fact that the dispute of property between the parties has already been settled amicably. 5) The compounding application has been filed supported by affidavit of Smt. Shakuntala Devi before this Court. 6) In the above circumstances, in view of the principle of law laid down in Nikhil Merchant Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2008) 9SCC, Page 677, the petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. deserves to be allowed. 7) Accordingly, the petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. The proceedings of Criminal Case No. 5235 of 2011, State Vs. Kesar Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station-Patel Nagar, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate1,st Dehradun, are hereby quashed, so far as the same relate to the petitioners Wahid Hussain and Krishna Kumar. (Compounding Applications No. 1319 of 2011 and 1320 of 2011, also stand disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 04.11.2011 JM