CRM-M-30740 of 2009 - 1 – IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CRM-M-30740 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: 17.11.2009 **** Deepak Sharma . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Haryana and another . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN **** Present: Mr.Ashit Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Amit Khatkar, AAG, Haryana. Ms.Dimple Sangwan, Advocate for respondent No.2/complainant. **** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) for quashing of the FIR No.107 dated 07.3.2008 (Annexure P-1) registered under Sections 406, 498- A, 420, 506 & 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) at Police station Civil Lines, Karnal, District Karnal, on the basis of a compromise between the parties. The aforesaid FIR has been registered at the instance of respondent No.2. The petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for dissolution of the marriage was filed by the petitioner against respondent No.2, in which a compromise was arrived at between the parties with the intervention of the Mediator. Later on, the parties have decided to live together as husband and wife. CRM-M-30740 of 2009 - 2 – Both, petitioner and respondent No.2 are present in the Court and have been identified by their Advocates Mr.Ashit Malik and Ms.Dimple Sangwan, respectively. I have particularly asked Preeti (respondent No.2) about the compromise to which she has stated that now the matter has been resolved and she has joined her matrimonial home once again. I have also asked Deepak Sharma (petitioner) about the compromise, to which he has stated that he is accepting his wife honorably. Though Sections 498-A, 406 & 506 IPC are non- compoundable in terms of Section 320 Cr.P.C., yet in view of the law laid down by this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh & Others vs. State of Punjab and others, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, even a non-compoundable offences can also be compounded. It is now well settled that finest hour of justice is the hour of compromise and since it is a case of matrimonial dispute, which has been resolved, the FIR No.107 dated 7.3.2008 (Annexure P-1) registered under Sections 406, 498-A, 420, 506 and 34 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) NOVEMBER 17, 2009 JUDGE Vivek