Crl. Misc. No. M-17763 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-17763 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 20, 2011 Raminder Singh .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Sandeep K. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner (petitioner also in person). Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A. G., Punjab for respondent no.1. Respondent no.2-complainant Harjinder Kaur in person. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Raminder Singh has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short – Cr.P.C.) for quashing FIR No. 7 dated 27.11.2010, under Section 406, 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Women Cell, District Jalandhar (Annexure P-1), in view of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties in Mediation and Conciliation Center functioning in this Court. Respondent no.2-complainant has put in appearance in person. She is identified by SI Smittar Kaur, who is also present to assist the State counsel. Respondent no.2-complainant admits that she has effected Crl. Misc. No. M-17763 of 2011 2 compromise Annexure P-2 with the petitioner. It is also stated by her that pursuant to compromise, she has received Rs.2,75,000/- and the balance amount of Rs.2,00,000/- is to be paid at the time of final hearing of petition for mutual divorce. Respondent no.2 has no objection to the quashing of impugned FIR in view of compromise effected between the parties. The petitioner is also present in person. It has been agreed by the parties that respondent no.2 shall be allowed to talk with Khushleen (daughter of the parties) once in a week on telephone. 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 is particularly so in cases of matrimonial disputes as in the instant case. Support for this proposition may be drawn from Full Bench judgment of this Court in case of Kulwinder Singh vs. State of Punjab reported as 2007 (3) Law Herald (Punjab and Haryana) 2225. Accordingly, it is a fit case in which FIR should be quashed. The parties have settled their matrimonial dispute and are separating by mutual divorce. Custody of the minor daughter of the parties has also been settled. Appropriate amount is being paid to the complainant-respondent no.2 by the petitioner-accused. For the reasons aforesaid, the instant petition is allowed and impugned FIR Annexure P-1 is quashed along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. July 20 , 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE