Criminal Misc.No. M- 24808 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No. M- 24808 of 2010 Date of decision:- 28.10.2010 Naveen Digani and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. Rajesh Malik, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. P.M. Anand, Addl. A.G. Haryana for respondent No.1-State. Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Advocate for respondent No.2. RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for quashing of FIR No.374 dated 20.9.2007, under Sections 498-A/406 IPC read with Section 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Model Town, District Panipat (Annexure P-1) on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. It has been contended by learned counsel for the parties that the dispute between the parties is matrimonial in nature and that the same has been amicably settled due to intervention of respectable persons and relatives from both the sides and that the marriage between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 has since been dissolved by decree of divorce by mutual consent. Respondent No.2-complainant also appeared through counsel and filed her short reply by way of affidavit admitting the factum of compromise and Criminal Misc.No. M- 24808 of 2010 -2- stating that she is having no objection if the FIR and consequential proceedings are quashed. 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) RCR (Crl.) 1052. In view of the fact that the dispute between the parties is matrimonial in nature and that the same has since been settled due to intervention of respectable and relatives from both the sides, the present petition is accepted and FIR No.374 dated 20.9.2007, under Sections 498-A/406 IPC read with Section 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Model Town, District Panipat alongwith all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, is quashed qua petitioners-Naveen Digani, Kanta Digani, Dr. Lal Chand Digani and Parveen Digani. The petition is disposed of accordingly. October 28, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) Vijay Asija JUDGE