IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application(C482) No. 38 of 2011 1. Renu Aggarwal W/o Arun Kumar Aggarwal 2. Arun Kumar Aggarwal S/o Late Jagannath Aggarwal 3. Kshitij Aggarwal S/o Arun Kumar Aggarwal All R/o House No. 141 South City Gurgaon District Haryana ………..…Petitioners Versus Poonam Chawla @ Poonam Aggarwal W/o Kshitij Aggarwal R/o 242 Chukhu Wala near Madhav Niwas P.S. Kotwali, Dehradun District Dehradun ....……Respondent Shri Parikshit Saini, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Shri Pawan Mishra, Advocate, present for the respondent. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2. By means of this petition moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C.), the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of criminal complaint case no. 9155 of 2 2009, Poonam Chawla @ Poonam Aggarwal Vs. Kshitij Aggarwal & others, relating to offence punishable under section 498A IPC, and one punishable under section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. 3. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that parties to the matrimony have entered into compromise, and respondent does not want to prosecute the petitioners. 4. The compounding application moved on behalf of the parties supported by affidavit. The compromise is verified by the respondent herself present in the court. Respondent Poonam Chawla @ Poonam Aggarwal identified by her counsel, is present in person before the Court. The respondent was handed over the draft of rupees one lac in the court in pursuance to the compromise entered between the parties. 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, the petition under section 482 Cr.P.C., is allowed. Proceedings of criminal complaint case no. 9155 of 2009 Poonam 3 Chawla @ Poonam Aggarwal Vs. Kshitij Aggarwal & others, relating to offence punishable under section 498A IPC, and one punishable under section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, are hereby quashed. Compounding application CRMA No. 471 of 2011, stands allowed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Parul 13.05.2011