In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M- 6335 of 2008 Date of Decision:February 06, 2009 Diwan Chand ---Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ---Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA *** Present: Ms. Rahish Pahwa Dudeja,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab Mr.Surender Kr. Biriwal, Advocate, for respondent No. 2 *** SABINA, J. Petitioner-Diwan Chand has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as 'Cr.P.C.') for quashing FIR No. 127 dated 16.9.2007 under Sections 232, 324 and Section 326 (added later on) of the Indian Penal code registered at Police Station Bhogpur, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that with the intervention of friends and relatives, parties have arrived at a compromise (Annexure P-2). As per affidavit of complainant-Respondent No. 2 dated 21.11.2007(Annexure P-3), complainant has stated that he does not want to Crl. Misc. No. M- 6335 of 2008 -2- pursue with the FIR, in question. Petitioner who is present in the Court along with his counsel has admitted the contents of the affidavit. As per the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, High Court has power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to allow the compounding of non-compoundable offence and quash the prosecution where the High Court felt that the same was required to prevent the abuse of the process of any Court or to otherwise secure the ends of justice. This power of quashing is not confined to matrimonial disputes alone. Since the parties have arrived at a compromise, no useful purpose would be served by continuing with the criminal proceedings in question. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. FIR No. 127 dated 16.9.2007 under Sections 232, 324 and Section 326 (added later on) of the Indian Penal code registered at Police Station Bhogpur, District Jalandhar along with all consequential proceedings thereto qua the petitioner are hereby quashed. (SABINA) JUDGE February 06, 2009 PARAMJIT