IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 9109 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision: 23.04.2010. Malkit Singh and others. ...... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and another ...... RESPONDENTS CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mrs. Gurpal Kaur Dulat, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Rakesh Gupta , Advocate for respondent No.2. ***** RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) This is a petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 213 dated 12.06.2009, under Sections 323/406/498-A IPC, registered at P.S. Tripuri, Patiala District Patiala, Annexure P1 and all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 02.07.2009, Annexure P2 having been entered into the parties. It has been stated by learned counsel for the parties that the dispute between the parties is matrimonial in nature and the same has been Crl.Misc.No.M-9109 of 2010 amicably settled due to intervention of respectable persons and relatives from both the sides. Petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 – complainant, have sought divorce by mutual consent as per the compromise. Respondent No.2 – complainant has also appeared in person and filed reply admitting the factum of compromise and 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 v. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Since the parties have amicably settled the matter and compromise has been effected between them due to intervention of the respectable persons and relatives, the present petition is accepted and the impugned FIR No. 213 dated 12.06.2009, under Sections 323/406/498-A IPC, registered at P.S. Tripuri, Patiala District Patiala, Annexure P1 alongwith all consequential proceedings qua petitioners is, hereby, quashed. ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) April 23, 2010. JUDGE 'om' 2