IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (C-482) No. 334 of 2009 with Compounding Application No. 623 of 2011 Vinod Kumar Tonk S/o Shri Ramesh Chandra Assistant Manager I.T. Department, SBBJ, Head Office Tilak Marg, C-Scheme Jaipur (Rajasthan) R/o 97 Doctors Colony, Ajmair Road Jaipur, police station Vaishali Nagar Jaipur, District Jaipur (Rajasthan) Permanent R/o Village Barhapur Main Market, police station Barhapur District Bijnor (U.P). ………………..Applicant Versus Smt. Priti Singhwal W/o Shri Vinod Kumar Tonk D/o Shri Rakesh Kumar Singhwal R/o Dashmeshpuri, Niranjanpur, Majra, Police Station Patel Nagar, District Dehradun At present R/o P-23 Dhuleshwar Garden Opposite Ashish Hotel, C-Scheme, Jaipur District Jaipur (Rajasthan). ………….Opposite party Shri Sandeep Tandon, Advocate, with Ms. Deepa Arya, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Ms.Sangeeta Bhardwaj, Advocate, present for the respondent. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J 2 Heard. (2) By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure,1973, the petitioner has sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 851 of 2008, Smt. Priti Singhwal vs. Shri Vinod Kumar Tonk and others relating to offence punishable under section 406 I.P.C, Police Station Patel Nagar, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, IInd, Dehradun. (3) Learned counsel for the parties stated that the dispute relates to the matrimonial discord between the parties. It is further submitted that parties to matrimony have entered into compromise, and respondent (complainant) does not want to prosecute the petitioner Vinod Kumar Tonk. A Compounding Application No. 623 of 2011 has been moved jointly by the parties supported by affidavits. (4) The respondent Smt Priti Singhwal is present in court identified by her counsel. She verified the fact that she has entered into compromise and she does not want to prosecute the petitioner. 3 (5) In view of principle of law laid down in B.S.Joshi Vs. State of Haryana (2003) 4SCC page 675, in the above circumstances, the petition deserves to be allowed. Accordingly, this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C., is allowed. The proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 851 of 2008, Smt. Priti Singhwal vs. Shri Vinod Kumar Tonk and others relating to offence punishable under section 406 I.P.C, Police Station Patel Nagar, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, IInd, Dehradun, are hereby quashed. ( Compounding Application No. 623 of 2011 stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.16.06.2011 N.P