Criminal Misc. M No.7510 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. M No. 7510 of 2009 Date of Decision: April 17, 2009 Avtar Singh Guro and others ...........Petitioners Versus Jarnail Singh ..........Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Sabina Present: Mr.Bikramjit Arora,Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.N.S.Dadwal,Advocate for respondent No.2 ** Sabina, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of Criminal Complaint case titled as `Jarnail Singh vs. Avtar Singh Guro and others' under Section 420,406,498-A,120-B of the Indian Penal Code( `IPC' for short) and summoning order dated 5.6.2007 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class,Tarn Taran (Annexure P2) on the basis of compromise dated 2.3.2009 (Annexure P4). Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that with the intervention of the friends and relatives, the parties have arrived at a compromise (Annexure P4). Respondent No.2 along with his counsel is present in Court and has shown the original compromise deed executed between the Criminal Misc. M No.7510 of 2009 2 petitioners and respondent and the same has been returned to him. A perusal of the compromise deed reveals that the present case was the result of matrimonial dispute. Complainant party has received back all the dowry articles and Rs.5,85,000/- towards expenses incurred at the time of marriage and other claims. Respondent would withdraw the complaint in question filed by him. Party No.2 i.e. the present petitioners would withdraw the case against the respondent with regard to FIR No.2/2009 under Section 384 registered at Police Station Rai Singh Nagar, District Ganga Nagar. 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. Since the parties have now amicably settled their dispute, no useful purpose would be served in allowing these proceedings to continue. Accordingly, Complaint titled as `Jarnail Singh vs. Avtar Singh Guro and others' under Section 420, 406, 498-A,120-B IPC and summoning order dated 5.6.2007 (Annexure P2) and all the subsequent proceedings, arising therefrom, are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (Sabina) Judge April 17, 2009 arya