IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 13TH JULY 2010 / 22ND ASHADHA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2642 of 2010() ------------------------- (CRIME NO.176/2010 OF MATTANNUR POLICE STATION) PETITIONER: DEFACTO COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------- SAIFUNNEESA N.K., D/O.MAMMOOTTY, KOLARI AMSOM DESOM, THALASSERY TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.UNNIKRISHNAN.V.ALAPATT RESPONDENTS: ACCUSED/STATE ---------------------------- 1. K.THAJUDHEEN, S/O.ABDULLAKUTTY, AGED 45 YEARS, KOLARI AMSOM DESOM, THALASERY TALUK. 670002 2. AYISHA, RESIDING -DO- 3. NASEEMA, RESIDING -DO- 4. SHAMSEER, RESIDING -DO- 5. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, MATTANNUR POLICE STATION. 6. STATE REP; BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.KAMMAPPU ADV. SRI.CIBI THOMAS FOR R1 TO 4 THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. --------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.2642 of 2010 ---------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of July, 2010 ORDER Petitioner is the de facto complainant and respondents are the accused in Crime No.176 of 2010 of Mattannur Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 406, 420 & 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 offences under Sections 406, 420 & 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 Crl.M.C.No.2642/2010 : 2 : premature termination of the prosecution. Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is allowed. F.I.R. in Crime No.176 of 2010 of Mattannur Police Station shall stand quashed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj