IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 548 of 2010 1. Amarjeet Singh S/o late Sri Man Singh 2. Dimpal Singh S/o Sri Amreek Singh Both R/o Village Charu Beta, P.S. Khatima, District U.S. Nagar 3. Pinku S/o Sri Sohan Singh R/o Village Pratapur, P.S. Nanakmatta, District U.S. Nagar. 4. Janak Singh S/o Sri Atar Singh 5. Inderjeet Singh S/o Sri Chatar Singh 6. Beesa @ Kaka s/o Sri Saroop Singh R/o Chanda, P.S. Khatima District U.S. Nagar. 7. Manmohan Singh S/o Sri Uzagar Singh R/o Chanda, P.S. Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. 8. Amreek Singh S/o Sri Nidhan Singh R/o Mudali, P.S. Khatima, U.S. Nagar. ...…………. Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home Affairs, Dehradun. 2. S.H.O., P.S. Khatima, District U.S. Nagar. 3. Madan Lal S/o Prasadi R/o Village Charu Beta, P.S. Khatima, District U.S. Nagar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. T.A. Khan, Advocate, with Mr. Masroor Ahmad Khan, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mrs. Farida Siddiqui, Advocate, present for complainant Madan Lal (respondent No. 3). Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C.), the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 949 of 2001; Madan Lal Vs. Amreek Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 147, 323, 504, 506, 427 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, police station Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Khatima. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the complainant state that parties to litigation have entered into compromise. They referred to copy of the affidavit filed by the complainant before the trial court, which is Annexure –7 to the petition to this effect. 4) Complainant Madan Lal is present in person in the Court, identified by his counsel. He verified the compromise, and filed an affidavit before this Court. He stated before this Court that he does not want to prosecute the petitioners against whom, due to misunderstanding he moved an application for registering the case, under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. Annexure –3 to the petition shows that after investigation final report was submitted in the case, but 3 the Magistrate did not accept the final report, and issued the summons. 5) In the above circumstances, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. deserves to be allowed. The criminal Misc. petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is allowed, and proceedings of Criminal Case No. 949 of 2001, Madan Lal Vs. Amreek Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 147, 323, 504, 506, 427 of I.P.C., and one punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, police station Khatima, Districh Udham Singh Nagar, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Khatima, are hereby quashed. (Stay Application No. 581 of 2010 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. June 17, 2010. H. Negi