IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M- 4893 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision: 23.03.2010. Hardev Singh and another. ...... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and another. ...... RESPONDENTS CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr. Manish Kumar Singla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Jasjit Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. *** RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR No.12, dated 25.01.2006 under Sections 498-A/406 IPC registered at P.S. Sirhind, District Fatehgarh Sahib Annexure P1, and all other consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise, Annexure P2, having been entered into between the parties. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record. Crl.Misc.No.M-4893 of 2010 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 settled due to intervention of the respectable persons and relatives from both the sides. Respondent No.2 – complainant has also appeared in the Court and filed his reply by way of affidavit admitting the factum of compromise stating that the matter has been compromised and he has no objection if the FIR and consequential proceedings are quashed. Daughter of respondent No.2 and wife of petitioner No.1, namely, Taranveer Kaur has also appeared in the court and filed her reply by way of affidavit stating that she is having no objection if the FIR and consequential proceedings are quashed. As per compromise, Annexure P2, daughter of respondent No.2 – complainant and petitioner No.1 agreed to seek divorce by way of mutual consent and petition in this regard has already been filed. 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 dispute between the parties is matrimonial in nature and the same has been amicably settled and compromise has been effected between them due to intervention of respectable persons and relatives from both the sides, the present petition is accepted and the impugned FIR No.12, dated 25.01.2006 under Sections 498-A/406 IPC registered at P.S. Sirhind, District Fatehgarh Sahib, Annexure P1 alongwith all consequential proceedings is, hereby, quashed. 2 Crl.Misc.No.M-4893 of 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) March 23, 2010. JUDGE 'om' 3