IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-12577 of 2009 Date of decision: April 08, 2010 Manmohanjit Singh and others Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present: Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. B.S. Sra, Addl. A.G. Punjab for the respondent – State Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate for respondents No. 2 and 3 DAYA CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 357 dated 8.10.2005 registered at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar under Sections 420/467/468/471/120-B IPC on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-4) between the parties. Respondents No. 2 and 3 – Navtej Singh and Buland Iqbal Singh, who are present in the Court have been identified by their counsel and on the asking of the Court they have specifically stated that the matter has been compromised with the petitioners and they have no objection if the present FIR is quashed. In view of the statement made by respondents No. 2 and 3, no purpose would be served if the case is tried because as per the compromise respondents No. 2 and 3 will not support the case of the prosecution and it will merely be a sheer wastage of precious time of this Court. Crl. Misc. No. M-12577 of 2009 2 It has been observed by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Mrs. Shakuntala Sawhney vs. Mr. Kaushalya Sawhney and others, 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 Hon'ble the Supreme Court, the Five Judges Bench of this Court also observed in Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007(3) RCR(Criminal) 1052, that compounding of offence which are not compoundable under Section 320(9) Cr.P.C. but parties entering into compromise, this Court has the power under Section 482 Cr.PC. to allow compounding of non- compoundable offences and quash the prosecution where the Court felt that the same was required to prevent the abuse of any Court or to otherwise secure the ends of justice. The present one is a case covered by the views observed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court of India in the judgment mentioned above and, is therefore, a fit case to quash the FIR. In view of the above, FIR No. 357 dated 8.10.2005 registered at Police Station Sadar, Amritsar under Sections 420/467/468/471/120-B IPC and all subsequent proceedings arisen out of the same are quashed. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of. (DAYA CHAUDHARY) 08.04.2010 JUDGE reena