IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (C-482) No. 250 of 2010 In Compounding Application No. 722 of 2011 1. Sahid Mirza S/o Yushuf Ali 2. Yushuf Ali S/o Munish Ali 3. Asraf Bano W/o Yushuf Ali 4. Sajid Mirza S/o Yushuf Ali 5. Raieesh Haider S/o Nafeesh Ahmed 6. Sajda Haider W/o Raieesh Haider All R/o A-33 Street No.3, Near SBI, North Gonda, P.S, Bhajanpura New Delhi. ………………..Applicants Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home, Dehradun. 2. Smt Sabia Jahra W/o Sahid Mirza D/o Mohd. Naqi R/o Mohalla Lodha Mandi, Jawalapur, District Hardwar. ………….Opposite parties Shri S.K.Shandilya, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Smt Mamta Bisht, A.G.A,present for the State. Shri R.K.S.Verma, Advocate, present for the respondent no.2. 2 Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J Heard. (2) By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure,1973, the petitioners have sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Case No. 467 of 2009, State vs. Sahid Mirza and others relating to offence punishable under section 498A I.P.C, and one punishable under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Kotwali Jwalapur, District Hardwar, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hardwar. (3) A Compounding Application No. 722 of 2011 has been moved on behalf of the petitioners and complainant (respondent no.2) Smt Sabia Jahra. (4) Learned counsel for the petitioners, and learned counsel for the respondent no.2 stated that parties to matrimony have entered into compromise, and respondent no.2 does not want to prosecute the petitioners. An affidavit has been filed in support of the compounding application by respondent no.2 Sabia Jahra. She is present in court identified by her counsel. 3 She verified the compromise and stated before this court that the impugned proceedings against the petitioners may be quashed after she has entered into amicable settlement with her husband. (5) In view of principle of law laid down in B.S.Joshi Vs. State of Haryana (2003) 4SCC page 675, this petition deserves to be allowed. Compounding Application No. 722 of 2011 is allowed. Accordingly, the petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C., is allowed. The impugned proceedings of Criminal Case No. 467 of 2009, State vs.Sahid Mirza and others relating to offence punishable under section 498A I.P.C, and one punishable under section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Kotwali Jwalapur, District Hardwar, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hardwar. are hereby quashed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.06.07.2011 N.P 4