C482 No. 655 of 2011 with CRMA No. 828 of 2011 Hon'ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri B.M.Pingal and Shri Kailash Joshi, Advocates, present for the petitioners Shri S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State. Shri M.S. Pal, Senior Advocate, with Shri T.P.S. Takuli, Advocate, present for the complainant (respondent no. 2). Heard. 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. 1032 of 2011, Ummed Singh vs. Deewan Singh & others, relating to offences punishable under section 436, 506 IPC, P.S. Ramnagar, District Nainital, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Ramngar. Learned counsel for the petitioners, and learned counsel for the complainant stated that parties to the criminal complaint case have entered into compromise. They pleaded that the dispute between the parties is substantially a property dispute between the family members in respect of which a hut is said to have been set on fire. In the above circumstances, in view of the principle of law laid down in Nikhil Merchant vs. C.B.I. (2008) 9SCC page 677, the petition deserves to be allowed. The proceedings of criminal complaint case no. 1032 of 2011, Ummed Singh vs. Deewan Singh & others, relating to offences punishable under section 436, 506 IPC, P.S. Ramnagar, District Nainital, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Ramngar, are hereby quashed. (The compounding application no. 828 of 2011, also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Parul 26.07.2011