IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc. No. M-32825 of 2008 Date of Decision: January 16, 2009 Manjinder Singh & another ...........Petitioners Versus Pawan Kumar ..........Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mrs.Justice Sabina Present: Mr.Sandeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai,AAG Punjab Mr.Anil Ghanhas, Advocate for respondent No.1 Sabina, J. This petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing FIR No.112 dated 7.9.2007 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 382/326/324/34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC'), registered at Police Station Divison No.3, District Jalandhar and subsequent proceedings thereto on the basis of compromise (Annexure P2) arrived at between the parties. Learned counsel for the respondent has placed on record the affidavit of respondent No.1-Pawan Kumar, wherein, it has been deposed by deponent that with the intervention of the respectable, the matter has been compromised . He did not want to pursue the FIR in question. 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 Crl.Misc. No. M-32825 of 2008 -2- 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 and decided to live in peace, no useful purpose would be served in allowing these proceedings to continue. Accordingly, the FIR No. 112 dated 7.9.2007 (Annexure P1) under Sections 382/326/324/34 IPC, registered at Police Station Division No.3, District Jalandhar and all consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR are quashed. This petition is disposed of accordingly. ( Sabina ) Judge January 16, 2009 arya