Yo uso nodejs con socket.io y angularjs en el cliente. Recogí el ejemplo de socket-angular de Internet y añadídisconnect método para ello.

Servicio de enchufe:

angular.module('app')
  .factory('socket', ['$rootScope', function ($rootScope) {

    var socket = io.connect();

    return {
      on: function (eventName, callback) {
        socket.on(eventName, function () {  
          var args = arguments;
          $rootScope.$apply(function () {
            callback.apply(socket, args);
          });
        });
      },
      emit: function (eventName, data, callback) {
        socket.emit(eventName, data, function () {
          var args = arguments;
          $rootScope.$apply(function () {
            if (callback) {
              callback.apply(socket, args);
            }
          });
        })
      },
      disconnect: function () {
        socket.disconnect();
      },
      socket: socket
    };

  }]);

Controlador:

angular.module('app')
  .controller('Controller', ['$scope', 'socket', function ($scope, socket) {

    socket.emit('register')

    socket.on('connect', function () {
        console.log('Socket connected');
    });

    socket.on('disconnect', function () {
        console.log('Socket disconnected');
    });

    socket.on('register', function (reginfo) {
        console.log('Register: %s, cname=%s', reginfo.ok, reginfo.cname);
        socket.disconnect(); // <-- this line throw Error
    });

    socket.on('last', updateSnapshot);

    socket.on('state', updateSnapshot);

    function updateSnapshot(snapshot) { ... }

}]);

Pero cuando intento desconectar uso este método, detecto un error:

Error: $apply already in progress
  at Error (<anonymous>)
  at beginPhase (http://localhost:4000/scripts/vendor/angular.js:8182:15)
  at Object.$get.Scope.$apply (http://localhost:4000/scripts/vendor/angular.js:7984:11)
  at SocketNamespace.on (http://localhost:4000/scripts/services/socket.js:10:32)
  at SocketNamespace.EventEmitter.emit [as $emit] (http://localhost:4000/socket.io/socket.io.js:633:15)
  at Socket.publish (http://localhost:4000/socket.io/socket.io.js:1593:19)
  at Socket.onDisconnect (http://localhost:4000/socket.io/socket.io.js:1970:14)
  at Socket.disconnect (http://localhost:4000/socket.io/socket.io.js:1836:12)
  at SocketNamespace.<anonymous> (http://localhost:4000/scripts/controllers/controller.js:38:34)
  at on (http://localhost:4000/scripts/services/socket.js:11:34)

Y no entiendo donde cavar ...