IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Criminal Misc. Application (C482) No. 739 of 2008 1. Rajendra Singh @ Raju S/o Shri Jagat Singh 2. Smt. Bhagwati Devi, W/o Shri Jagat Singh 3. Umeshwar Singh, S/o Jagat Singh 4. Smt. Rekha W/o Nandan Singh D/o Jagat Singh 5. Smt. Poonam W/o Shri Umeshwar Singh All R/o village Jindi, Kakar P.O. Lohaghat, District Champawat ……………….. Applicants Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Home Secretary, Dehradun 2. Smt. Mamta Devi W/o Rajendra Singh @ Raju At present R/o C/o Shri Bhawan Singh Village Basheri, P.S. Pancheshwar District Champawat. …………Respondents Shri S.C. Bhatt, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Shri M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Shri Rakesh Kumar Joshi, Advocate, present for the respondent no. 2 Mamta Devi. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. 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 case No. 15 of 2008, Mamta Devi vs. State of Uttarakhand, relating to offences punishable under section 498A, I.P.C., and one punishable under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, P.S. Lohaghat, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Champawat. 2. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondent no. 1 alongwith delay condonation application. Delay condonation application no. 454 of 2010, is allowed. Delay in filing the counter affidavit is condoned. Counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent no. 1, be taken on record. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the complainant/respondent no. 2 stated before this Court that the parties to the matrimony have entered into compromise. Petitioner no. 1 Rajendra Singh @ Raju (husband) and respondent no. 2 Smt. Mamta Devi (wife) complainant, are present in person before this court. They are identified by their counsel. 4. The parties to the matrimony who are present in court admitted that they have entered into compromise. Complainant Smt. Mamta Devi stated before this Court that she does not want to initiate criminal proceedings against the petitioners. A copy of compromise filed by them today with affidavit be taken o record. 5. In view of principle of law laid down in B.S. Joshi vs. State of Haryana (2003) 4 SCC page 675, in the above circumstances, this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C, deserves to be allowed. 6. The petition is allowed. The proceedings of criminal miscellaneous no. 15 of 2008 Mamta Devi vs. Rajendra Singh @ Raju relating to offences punishable under section 498A IPC and one punishable under section ¾ Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Champawat, are hereby quashed. (Urgency application no. 1648 of 2010, stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt: 12.05.2010 parul