IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc. No. M-31417 of 2008 Date of Decision: January 19, 2009 Harcharan Singh etc. ...........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab etc. ..........Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs.Justice Sabina Present: Mr.O.P.Narang, Advocate for Mr. Banni Thomas, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG Punjab Mr.S.P.Soi,Advocate for respondent No.2 Sabina, J. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of the FIR No. 215 dated 28.6.2008 under Sections 452/324/323/354/506/148/149 of the Indian Penal Code (`IPC ' for short) registered at Police Station Nakodar, District Jalandhar and all subsequent proceedings taken thereon, on the basis of the compromise dated 22.11.2008 (Annexure P2). Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that it was a case of cross-version. Parties with the intervention of the respectables have amicably settled the dispute in order to live in peace and harmony. Compromise in this regard is Annexure P2. Learned counsel for respondent No.2 has placed on record an affidavit of the complainant. A perusal of the same reveals that the complainant has deposed that since the parties have amicably settled the dispute and they did not want to proceed against each other, he has no objection, if the FIR in question is quashed by this Court. Since the parties have reached a compromise and have decided to Crl.Misc. No. M-31417 of 2008 -2- live in peace, present proceedings even if allowed to continue, would end in wasting the time of the Court. 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-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. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. The FIR No.215 dated 28.6.2006 (Annexure P1) under Sections 452/324/323/354/506/148/149 IPC, registered at Police Station, Nakodar District Jalandhar and all further proceedings in consequence thereto are quashed. ( Sabina ) Judge January 19, 2009 arya