1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Appln C482 No. 133 of 2006 Ashish Nautiyal S/O Shri Girish Nautiyal R/O H. No. 26 M.E.S.Colony, behind the Air Cargo Complex, H.A.L., Police Station H.A.L, Banglor-17. Permanent R/O Village Bhanadhar, Police Station Rudraprayag. District Rudraprayag. ………………………. Applicant Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal 2. Smt. Ritu Nautiyal W/O Shri Ashish Nautiyal, D/O shri S.D.Dangwal R/O B-126, T.H.D.C Colony, Ajabpur Kala (Balgali Kothi), Motherawal Road, Dehradun, District Dehradun …………..Opposite parties. Shri Sandeep Tandon, Advocate present for the petitioner. Shri M.A.Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. The petitioner has filed a supplementary affidavit today stating that parties to matrimony have already entered into compromise on the basis of which decree of divorce has been granted in the year 2006, during pendency of this petition. Copy of the compromise filed with the supplementary affidavit shows that the complainant/respondent no.2 has stated that she does not 2 want to prosecute the petitioner. Para-1 of the compromise, certified copy of which is annexed with the supplementary affidavit reads as under:- ^ ;g fd izFke i{k ds fo:) f}rh; i{k us ,d izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ eq0vk0la0 258@205 vUrxZr /kkjk 498, 323 504 506 406 vkbZ ih lh o 3@4 Mh ih ,DV esa fnukad 20-09-2005 dks Fkkuk Mkyuokyk ftyk nsgjknwu esa ntZ djk;h Fkh mlesa iqfyl us tkpWa ds mijkUr pktZ ’khV fnukafdr 10-11-2005 ekuuh; eq[; U;kf;d eftLVªsV egksn;] nsgjknwu ds ;gkWa izLrqr dh Fkh ftlds lEcU/k esa QkStnkjh okn l[a;k 254@2006]jkT; cuke vk’kh"k ukSfV;ky ekuuh; eq[; U;k;kf;d eftLVsªV egksn;] nsgjknwu ds ;gWak fopkjk/khu gSa A ftldks jnn djkus gsrq izFke i{k us fØfeuy felysfu;l ,Iyhds’ku uEcj 133@2006] vk’kh"k ukSfV;ky cuke jkT; vkfn ekuuh; mPp U;k;ky; uSfurky ds lEeq[k nk;j dh gqbZ gS A mDr ;kfpdk dks Lohdkj djkus esa f}rh; i{k izFke i{k dk lg;ksx iznku djsxh A -------* (2) In the other paras of the compromise there is mention of seeking jointly divorce under section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and also relating to payment of Rs. 5,50,000/- as permanent alimony /stridhan to the present respondent no.2. (3) In view of the above development, this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C is allowed and the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 254 of 2006, State vs. Ashish Nautiyal, relating to offences punishable under section 498A, 323, 504, 506, 406, I.P.C read with under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, 3 Police Station, Dalanwala, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun are hereby quashed. Dt.03.06.2010 NP (Prafulla C. Pant, J.)