IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (C-482) No. 1172 of 2010 In Compounding Application No. 1252 of 2011 Stay Vacation Application No. 715 of 2011 1. Col. (Retd) R.K. Chanana S/o Late Shri S.S. Chanana 2. Smt. Kusum Chanana W/o Col. (Retd) R.K. Chanana Both R/o 44 Indira Nagar Colony Police Station Basant Vihar District Dehradun 3. Smt. Alka Arora W/o Gautam Arora R/o 49/3 Mal Road Police Station Cantt. District Dehradun ………………..Applicants Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Principal Secretary of Home, Dehradun. 2. Shivani Chanana W/o Shri Gaurav Chanana D/o Shri Phool Kumar Sharma presently residing of 57D Rest Camp (Sant Vinobha Bhav Marg) Dehradun, District Dehradun ………….Opposite parties Shri Sandeep Tandon, Advocate, with Ms. Deepa Arya, Advocate, present for the petitioners. 2 Smt Mamta Bisht, A.G.A,present for the State. Shri L.K.Tiwari,, Advocate, present for the complainant/respondent no.2. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard. (2) By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 640 of 2010, State vs. Gaurav Chanana and others, relating to offences punishable under section 323, 504, 506 and 498A I.P.C, and one punishable under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Kotwali, District Dehradun, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. (3) A Compounding Application No. 1252 of 2011 has been moved on behalf of the petitioners and respondent no.2 . The same is supported by affidavit filed by respondent no.2 Shivani Chanana. (4) Mrs. Shivani Chanana, identified by her counsel Shri L.K.Tiwari, Advocate, verified the compromise before this court. She stated that she does not want to 3 prosecute the petitioners and her husband after the compromise is entered between the parties to the matrimony. (5) In the above circumstances, in view of principle of law laid down in B.S.Joshi Vs. State of Haryana (2003) 4SCC page 675, this petition deserves to be allowed. (6) Accordingly, the petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C., is allowed. The proceedings of Criminal Case No. 640 of 2010, State vs. Gaurav Chanana and others, relating to offences punishable under section 323, 504, 506 and 498A I.P.C, and one punishable under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Kotwali, District Dehradun, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are hereby quashed, as against all the petitioners and also against Gaurav Chanana. Compounding Application No. 1252 of 2011 is allowed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.19.10.2011 N.P 4