Cr.M.No.M-43202 of 2014 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.M.No.M-43202 of 2014 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION : 9.4.2015 Ram Singh and others PETITIONERS VERSUS [ENTITY] and another RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE [ENTITY] 1. Whether reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? Present:- Shri [ENTITY], Advocate for the petitioners. Shri [ENTITY], A.A.G. Punjab. [ENTITY], J.
This is a petition under [SECTION] of the [ACT] praying for quashing of [CASE NUMBER] dated 8.8.2011 registered under [SECTION] [ACT] at Police Station Sadar Dhuri District Sangrur and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the ground that the parties have entered into a compromise.
On 19.12.2014 this Court directed the parties to appear before the trial Court to record the statement of all the affected persons and further record a finding as to whether the compromise has been effected voluntarily by the parties and a report in this regard was also called for.
Report has since been received along with copies of the statements of the affected persons which also indicates that the matter has been resolved amicably between the parties without any pressure from any quarter.
The Hon'ble Supreme Court in [PRECEDENT] has held that the disputes which are substantially matrimonial in nature, or the civil property disputes with criminal facets, if the parties have entered into settlement, and it has become clear that there are no chances of conviction, there is no illegality in quashing the proceedings under [SECTION] [ACT] read with [SECTION] of the [ACT].
The Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in [PRECEDENT] has held that the High Court is vested with unparallel power to quash criminal proceedings at any stage to secure the ends of justice.
Having regard to the aforesaid and the observations of Full Bench in Kulwinder Singh v. [ENTITY] 2007(3) Law Herald 2225, and Gian Singh v. [ENTITY] 2012(4) R.C.R. (Crl.)543, the instant petition is allowed. Consequently, [CASE NUMBER] dated 8.8.2011 registered under [SECTION] [ACT] at Police Station Sadar Dhuri District Sangrur and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua the petitioners.
([ENTITY]) April 9, 2015 JUDGE GD