[1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR O R D E R S.B. CRIMINAL MISC. PETITION NO. 298/2008 BHANU PRATAP SINGH & ORS. Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR. Date: 26.02.2008. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.S. RATHORE Mr. Pankaj Gupta for the petitioners. Mr. Arun Sharma, Public Prosecutor for the State. Mr. S.P. Singh for the respondent No.2. **** The present criminal misc. petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners seeking quashment of FIR No. 370/2007 dated 06.10.2007 registered at Police Station Beawar City, Ajmer for the offences under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC. The complainant-respondent Smriti Chaturvedi is present in person before this Court. A compromise arrived at between the parties has been submitted along with this misc. petition as Annexure-2. The complainant is fully satisfied with the compromise and she does not want to pursue the complaint as well as the FIR in question against the petitioners. A photocopy of Demand Draft No. 043532 dated 06.02.2008 of Bank of Baroda amounting to Rs. 8,00,000/- has also been annexed with this misc. petition as Annexure-4 which has been received by the [2] complainant and a receipt whereof has been annexed as Annexure-3. Learned counsel for the petitioners placed reliance on the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of B.S. Joshi and others Vs. State of Haryana and another, reported in AIR 2003 SC 1386, wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court has observed that Section 498-A is enacted to prevent torture to woman by her husband or his relatives- Proceedings initiated by wife under Section 498-A against her husband and his relatives- Subsequently she settled her disputes with husband and his relations- Wife and husband agreed for mutual divorce- Application filed by wife for quashing proceedings initiated by her against husband and his relatives- Refusal to exercise inherent powers by High Court- Not proper as it would prevent women from settling earlier and that is not the object of Chapter XXA of Penal Code. Having heard rival submissions of the respective parties and upon careful perusal of the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of B.S. Joshi and others (supra) and looking to the facts and circumstances of the case, it will be futile exercise to continue with the complaint and the FIR as the complainant herself does not want to [3] pursue the same against the petitioners. Consequently, the present criminal misc. petition is allowed and FIR No. 370/2007 dated 06.10.2007 registered at Police Station Beawar City, Ajmer for the offences under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC is hereby quashed and set-aside. The stay application also stands disposed of. (K.S. RATHORE)J. /KKC/ [4]