In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M- 32707of 2008 Date of Decision:28-01-2009 Jasbir Singh Sheera ---Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ---Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Tarsem Singh,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab SABINA, J.(Oral) Petitioner-Jasbir Singh Sheera has filed this petition seeking quashing of FIR No.30 dated 27.4.2008 under Sections 454,380,323 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Cantt. Bathinda (Annexure P-1) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). Complainant is present in the Court in person and has been identified by the Investigating Officer, ASI Harcharan Singh. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the parties, in order to live peacefully in future, have arrived at a compromise. A perusal of the Panchyat compromise dated 23.8.2008 (Annexure P-2) reveals that in view of the compromise, Gurjant Singh-respondent No. 2 did not want to take any action against his uncle Jasbeer Singh Sheera-petitioner. As per the affidavit dated 14.11.2008 (Annexure P-3) (original placed on record), complainant-respondent No. 2 has deposed that he did not want to take Crl. Misc. No. M- 32707of 2008 -2- any action against his uncle/accused in view of the compromise effected between them with the intervention of the panchayat and relatives. As per the Full Bench judgment of this 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 petitioner and the complainant-respondent No. 2 are closely related to each other and now with the intervention of the panchayat and relatives they have decided to live in peace in future, this petition is allowed. FIR No.30 dated 27.4.2008 under Sections 454,380,323 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Cantt. Bathinda (Annexure P-1) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (SABINA) JUDGE January 28, 2009 PARAMJIT