IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 2ND JULY 2010 / 11TH ASHADHA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2452 of 2010() ------------------------- CC.293/2010 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOCHI .................... PETITIONERS: ACCUSED 1 TO 4 ----------------------------- 1. SIBY, AGED 28 YEARS, S/O.AMBROSE, OTTATHOTTUNKAL HOUSE, EDAVANAKKAD P.O., ERNAKULAM. 2. ELSY, AGED 55 YEARS, W/O.AMBROSE, OTTATHOTTUNKAL HOUSE, EDAVANAKKAD P.O., ERNAKULAM. 3. LIZZY VARGHESE, AGED 49 YEARS, W/O.VARGHESE, OTTATHOTTUNKAL HOUSE, EDAVANAKKAD P.O., ERNAKULAM. 4. YACOB, AGED 57 YEARS, S/O.MIKHAEL, OTTATHOTTUNKAL HOUSE, EDAVANAKKAD P.O., ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.T.N.SURESH RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & DEFACTO COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------------------ 1. THE S.I. OF POLICE, NARAKKAL POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. SELMA SIBI, AGED 28 YEARS, D/O.THOMAS, KADEPARAMBIL HOUSE, OCHANTHURUTHU P.O., ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.2452 of 2010 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of July, 2010 ORDER Petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 4 in C.C. No.293/2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-I, Kochi for an offence punishable under Sec. 498-A read with Section 34 of 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 Section 498 A read with Section 34 of 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 Section 482 Cr.P.C. can be invoked by this Court to bring about premature termination of the prosecution. Crl.M.C.No.2452/2010 : 2 : Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is allowed. C.C. No.293/2010 pending before the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-I, Kochi shall stand quashed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj