IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc. No.M-7334 of 2010 Date of decision: 6.4.2010 Lakhwinder Singh alias Lucky and another ......Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS.JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY. PRESENT: Mr.A.S.Bhatti, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl.AG, Punjab. Mr.A.P.S.Ahluwalia, Advocate, for respondent No.2. **** ORDER The present petition is for quashing of FIR No. 145 dated 20.6.2007 registered under Sections 363/366 and 120-B IPC at Police Station Shimla Puri, District Ludhiana and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise Annexure P-6 with the petition. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the matter has been compromised between the parties and petitioners have settled in their matrimonial life. Although the complaint was filed by Prem Chand, the father of Jaswinder Kaur who had expired. Now, an affidavit on behalf of Harbhajan Kaur wife of Prem Chand complainant has been filed in the Court, wherein it has been stated that with the intervention of the respectables and relations, the matter has been compromised and Lakhwinder Singh and Jaswinder Kaur have settled in their matrimonial life and nothing remains in the case and she does not want to continue with the Crl.Misc. No.M-7334 of 2010 [2] proceedings. Smt.Harbhajan Kaur, the mother of Jaswinder Kaur is present in the Court and on the asking of the Court, she has stated that she does not want to continue with the proceedings and no further action is required as the matter has been settled. Since the matter has been compromised between the parties no purpose would be served to continue with the proceedings and it will be a sheer wastage of precious time of the Court. It has been observed by Hon'ble the Apex Court in Mrs. Shakuntala Sawhney v. Mrs. Kaushalya Sawhney (1980)1 SCC 63 that “the finest Hour of Justice arrives propitiously when the parties, despite following apart bury the hatchet and weave a sense of fellowship of reunion.” Relying on the views adopted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the Five Judges Bench of this Court also observed in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007(3) R.C.R. (Cri) 1052 that compounding of offence which are not compoundable under Section 320(9) Cr.P.C., offence non- compoundable but parties entering into compromise, High Court has the power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to allow the compounding of non- compoundable offences and quash the prosecution where the High Court felt that the same was required to prevent the abuse of the process of Court or to otherwise secure the ends of justice. Keeping in view the fact that both the parties have effected a compromise and continuance of proceedings before the trial Court will be an abuse of the process of the Court, this petition is allowed and FIR No. 145 dated 20.6.2007 (Annexure P-4) registered under Sections 363/366 / Crl.Misc. No.M-7334 of 2010 [3] 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Shimla Puri, District Ludhiana and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (DAYA CHAUDHARY) JUDGE April 6, 2010. raghav