IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-27036 of 2009 Date of decision : November 06, 2009 Joginder Kaur and others ....Petitioners versus Mohinder Kaur and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Gautam Thapar, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Ravi Malhotra, Advocate for respondent no. 1 Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent no. 1 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Joginder Kaur and her husband and son have filed this petition under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR No. 280 dated 28.12.2006, under sections 341, 323 read with section 34 IPC, Police Station Sadar Phagwara, District Kapurthala in view of compromise (Annexure P/1) effected with complainant respondent no. 1. Learned counsel for complainant-respondent no. 1, on instructions from respondent no. 1, who is also present in person in Court, states that the parties have effected compromise Annexure P/1 and therefore, respondent no. 1 has no objection to the quashing of the impugned FIR. 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 in the case of Kulwinder Singh vs State of Punjab, 2007 (3) Law Herald (Punjab & Haryana) 2225. Criminal Misc. No. M-27036 of 2009 -2- In the instant case, petitioner no. 1 is real sister of respondent no. 1 complainant whereas petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are husband and son respectively of petitioner no. 1. The parties are, thus, closely related. They have effected compromise with the intervention of relatives. Offences are also not of serious nature. It is, accordingly, a fit case in which FIR should be quashed. In view of the aforesaid, the instant petition is allowed and the impugned FIR No. 280 dated 28.12.2006, under sections 341, 323 read with section 34 IPC, Police Station Sadar Phagwara, District Kapurthala, is quashed along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. ( L.N. Mittal ) November 06, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'