IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 279 of 2010 Gurudev Singh S/o Fauja Singh R/o Kaliyawala, P.S. Jaspur District Udham Singh Nagar. ...…………. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand Through Secretary (Home) Uttarakhand Government, Dehradun. 2. Smt. Rani Kaur D/o Pooran Singh R/o Kaliyawala, District Udham Singh Nagar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. D.C.S. Rawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. Mamta Bisht, A.G.A. for respondent No. 1 / State. Mr. Siddhartha Sah, Advocate for respondent No. 2 / complainant. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Petitioner Gurudev Singh (husband) and respondent No. 2 Smt. Rani Kaur (wife) are present in person, along with their counsel. 2) Heard learned counsel for the parties. 3) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred as Cr.P.C.), the petitioner has sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 2448 of 2009; State Vs. Gurudev Singh, relating to offences punishable under 2 Section 498-A, 323, 324, 452, 504, 506 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, police station Jaspur, pending in the court of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur. 4) Learned counsel for the parties state that the parties to the matrimony have entered into compromise. Mr. Gurudev Singh (husband) and Smt. Rani Kaur (wife), who are present in person, verified the compromise filed by them before this Court. 5) In view of the principle of law laid down in B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 Supreme Court Cases 675, since the parties to the matrimony have entered into compromise, this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. deserves to be allowed. 6) Therefore, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is allowed. The proceedings of Criminal Case No. 2448 of 2009; State Vs. Gurudev Singh, relating to offences punishable under Section 498-A, 323, 324, 452, 504, 506 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, police station Jaspur, pending in the court of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, are hereby quashed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) [ Dt. April 28, 2010. H. Negi