IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. M No. 2341 of 2009 Date of Decision: April 17, 2009 Lakhvir Singh and others ...........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..........Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Sabina Present: Mr.Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai,AAG Punjab Mr.Shammi Khan,Advocate for respondent No.2 ** Sabina, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of FIR No. 3 dated 3.1.2008 under Sections 307,324,323,452,506,148 of the Indian Penal Code( `IPC' for short) at Police Station Sahnewal, Ludhiana on the basis of compromise between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that now with the intervention of relatives and friends, parties have arrived at a compromise. Challan was not presented under Section 307 but was presented under Sections 326,324, 323,506,148,149 IPC. Respondent No.2 Sukhbir Singh and injured Duryodhan Singh are present in Court along with their counsel and have tendered their Criminal Misc. M No. 2341 of 2009 -2- affidavits wherein they have deposed that they have no objection if the FIR in question is quashed. 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 arrived at a compromise, in order to live in peace, no useful purpose would be served by proceeding further with the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present petition is allowed. FIR No.3 dated 3.1.2008 under Sections 307/324/323/452,506/148 IPC registered at Police Station Sahnewal, Ludhiana and all the subsequent proceedings, arising therefrom, are quashed. (Sabina) Judge April 17, 2009 arya