In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl.Misc.No.M- 44572 of 2007 Date of decision: 16.01.2009 Tara Chand Chopra ......Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and another .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.R.S.Mamli, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Sidharth Sarup, AAG, Haryana. Ms.Meenakshi Poswal, Advocate, for respondent No.2. **** SABINA, J. The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing FIR No.84 dated 6.8.2006 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code “IPC”- for short), registered at Police Station Radaur, District Yamuna Nagar. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the parties have arrived at a compromise. A copy of affidavit of the complainant has been placed on record as Annexure P-2. The contents of the said affidavit are not disputed by the complainant's counsel. Crl.Misc.No.M- 44572 of 2007 -2- A perusal of the said affidavit reveals that the complainant has deposed that a compromise has been effected with the intervention of the respectables of the village. The complainant has further deposed that she does not want to pursue this case in view of the compromise. All the entries have got done by the petitioner regarding her (complainant's) entire amount. Affidavit of Suresh Kumar, ASI has already been placed on record by the learned State counsel. A perusal of the same reveals that the petitioner had transferred Rs.17,000/- on 30.3.2003 out of his account to the account of Purna Devi and there was nothing outstanding against Purna Devi. Since the parties have reached a compromise and have decided to 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, no useful purpose would be served in allowing these proceedings to continue. In view of above, the present petition is allowed. FIR No.84 dated 6.8.2006 (Annexure P-1), under Crl.Misc.No.M- 44572 of 2007 -3- Sections 406, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC, registered at Police Station Radaur, District Yamuna Nagar and all the subsequent proceedings, arising therefrom, are quashed. This petition is disposed of accordingly. SABINA) JUDGE January 16, 2009 anita