Criminal Misc. No. M- 1294 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M- 1294 of 2011 Date of decision:- 07.2.2011 Varinder Kaur and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. T.S. Sangha, Sr. Advocate with Mr. H.S. Sangha, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Visha, Munjal, Addl.A.G. Punjab for respondent No.1-State. Mr. Dharminder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2-complainant. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioners for quashing of FIR No. 273 dated 20.5.2010 under Section 306/34 IPC, registered at Police Station Sadar, Patiala on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-1). Respondent No.2-complainant got registered an FIR on the death of his son Jatinder Pal Singh. Jatinder Pal Singh was married with Varinder Kaur in 2009. The relationship between Jatinder Pal Singh and his wife Varinder Kaur were not smooth and remained disturbed. Jatinder Pal Singh had complained to his father about the harassment from the hands of his wife and his sister-in-law Narinder Kaur @ Ritu. Jatinder Pal Singh committed suicide on the night intervening 19th and 20th of May, 2010. This FIR was registered by the father under Section 306/34 IPC on 20.5.2010 against the present petitioners. During Criminal Misc. No. M- 1294 of 2011 -2- pendency of the investigation, challan was presented in the Court. With the intervention of respectable of the locality, misunderstanding prevailing between the parties has been removed and now they are not carrying any ill feeling against each other. The dispute has been amicably resolved. In support of this affidavit of complainant-Amarjit Singh has also been filed by the counsel. After going through the contents of affidavit of complainant-Amarjit Singh, who is present in Court, the matter has been compromised and the dispute has been amicably settled between the parties and complainant has no objection if the FIR in question is ordered to be quashed qua petitioners. 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- compounding 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 and have decided to live in peace, no useful purpose would be served in allowing these criminal proceedings to continue. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. The FIR No. 273 dated 20.5.2010 under Section 306/34 IPC, registered at Police Station Sadar, Patiala and consequent proceedings, arising therefrom, are quashed. February 07, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE