IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 11TH JANUARY 2008 / 21ST POUSHA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 3787 of 2007() ------------------------- CC.8/2005 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA .................... PETITIONER: IST ACCUSED ----------------------- SUBASH KUMAR, S/O.JANARDANAN, KOCHUMADATHIL THEKKETHIL VEETTIL, KUMBAZHA ITI PADI, KUMBAZHA MURI, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.P.HARIDAS RESPONDENTS: STATE & COMPLAINANT -------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PATHANAMTHITTA. 3. SANGEETHA SANKAR, AGED 24 YEARS, PULLIKKAPALLIL THAZHCHAYIL VEETTIL, NIRANAM THEKKUM BHAGOM, NIRANAM VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.R.VINOD THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR , J. ========================== CRL.M.C. No. 3787 of 2007 ========================== Dated this the 11th day of January, 2008. ORDER In this writ petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner who is the accused in C.C. No. 8/2005 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathanamthitta for an offence punishable under Section 498 A r/w Section 34 IPC, seeks to quash the entire proceedings in the above C.C. on the ground that the marital partners have settled the matter. The learned counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent, the de facto complainant also admitted that the marital partners have settled the dispute. Accused Nos. 2 to 4 have also been impleaded and in the light of the decision reported in B.S.Joshi vs. State of Haryana [AIR 2003 SC 1386] no useful purpose will be served by allowing the proceedings to continue. Accordingly, C.C. No. 8/2005 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathanamthitta will stand quashed with regard to all the accused therein. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv