IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-9443 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: May 21, 2010. Paramjit Kaur and others ...... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and another. ...... RESPONDENTS CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr. R.S.Malhotra, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Gautam Thapar, Advocate for respondent No.2. ***** RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) CRM No.27286 of 2010 Learned counsel for the petitioners requests for placing on record copy of order dated 06.03.2010 passed by Lok Adalat, Jalandhar. The same is taken on record. CRM stands disposed of. CRM No.M-9443 of 2010 CRM No.M-9443 of 2010 The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR No.97, dated 17.03.2010 under Sections 420/465/466/468/471/494/120-B IPC registered at Police Station Police Division No.4, Jalandhar, District Jalandhar, Annexure P1, and all other consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise, Annexure P2, having been entered into between the parties. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record. It has been stated by learned counsel for the parties that a criminal complaint was also filed by Sukhjinder Singh husband of petitioner No.1 – Paramjit Kaur through attorney and however, in view of compromise, the same was also dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 06.03.2010, Annexure P4, passed by Lok Adalat, Jalandhar Respondent No.2 – complainant also appeared in person with her counsel and filed reply by way of affidavit admitting the factum of compromise and stating that matter has since been compromised and she is having no objection if the FIR and consequential proceedings are quashed. It has also been stated that another FIR No.508 dated 03.12.2005 under Sections 406/498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Nakodar, District Jalandhar has also been quashed vide order dated 02.03.2010 passed in Crl.Misc.No.M-11948 of 2009 in a complaint filed by Jagtar Singh, petitioner No.2 In appropriate cases FIR can be quashed on the basis of compromise by exercising power under Section 482 Cr.P.C., even if the offences are not compoundable. It was so held by Full Bench of this Court 2 CRM No.M-9443 of 2010 in the case of Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Since the parties have amicably settled the matter and compromise has been effected between them due to intervention of the respectable persons and relatives, in the interest of harmonious relations between the parties, who are closely related, the present petition is allowed and the impugned FIR No.97, dated 17.03.2010 under Sections 420/465/466/468/471/494/120-B IPC registered at Police Station Police Division No.4, Jalandhar, District Jalandhar, Annexure P1alongwith all consequential proceedings qua petitioners – Paramjit Kaur, Jagtar Singh, Darshan Kaur, Jaswant Singh and Amarjit is, hereby, quashed. ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) May 21, 2010. JUDGE 'om' 3