IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 19TH AUGUST 2010 / 28TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3477 of 2010() ------------------------- (CRIME NO.186/2010 OF CHELAKKARA POLICE STATION, THRISSUR) CMP.3710/2010 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, VADAKKANCHERY .................... PETITIONERS: ACCUSED ---------------------- 1. AJITH N.S., S/O. LATE SIVANANDAN, C/O. KUMARAN, KAVUPARAMBIL HOUSE, KILLIMANGALAM, KARATTUPADY, THALAPILLY TALUK. 2. CHANDRAMATHY, W/O. LATE SIVANANDAN, C/O. KUMARAN, KAVUPARAMBIL HOUSE, KILLIMANGALAM, KARATTUPADY, THALAPILLY TALUK. 3. ANOOP, S/O. LATE SIVANANDAN, C/O. KUMARAN, KAVUPARAMBIL HOUSE, KILLIMANGALAM, KARATTUPADY, THALAPILLY TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.V.BINOY RAM RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. SREEJA, D/O. UNNIKRISHNAN, AKATHARA HOUSE, MAYANNUR P.O., THALAPPILLY TALUK, THRISSUR DISTRICT. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HIRTHWIK ADV. SMT.MARY BEENA JOSEPH FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.3477 of 2010 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of August, 2010 ORDER Petitioners are accused Nos.1 to 3 in Crime No.186/2010 of Chelakkara Police Station, Thrissur for offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 417 & 498A I.P.C. 2. In the light of the subsequent settlement of the dispute between the marital parties, the petitioners have approached this Court by invoking the powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Having regard to the resolution of the disputes between the marital parties, continuance of the criminal prosecution against the petitioners is an avoidable irritant. 3. Eventhough the offence under Sections 323, 324, 417 & 498 A I.P.C. is not compoundable, in the light of the decision of the Apex Court in B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana (AIR 2003 SC 1386), the powers under Crl.M.C.No.3477/2010 : 2 : Section 482 Cr.P.C. can be invoked by this Court to bring about premature termination of the prosecution. Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is allowed. F.I.R. in the above Crime shall stand quashed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj