IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. M No. 13433 of 2009 Date of Decision:May 26, 2009 Wazir Singh and others ...........Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and another ..........Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Sabina Present: Mr.Maharaj Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms.Maloo Chahal,Deputy Advocate General, Haryana Mr.Ashit Malik, Advocate for respondent No.2 ** Sabina, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of FIR No. 115 dated 18.2.2009 under Sections 307/148/149 of the Indian Penal Code (`IPC' for short) and Sections 25, 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 (`the Act' for short) registered at Police Station Assandh, District Karnal (Annexure P1) and all subsequent proceedings arising out of the said FIR on the basis of compromise (Annexure P4). Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that there were 16 accused in the FIR. Learned counsel for the petitioners has further submitted that now parties with the intervention of relatives and friends have arrived at a compromise. Parties belonged to the same village. The civil litigation was pending between the parties and the same had been also settled. Respondent No.2 , who is present in person along with his counsel has admitted the contents of the compromise (Annexure P4). In Crl. Misc. M No. 13433 of 2009 -2- reply filed by respondent No.2, the contents of the petition had been admitted as correct. Respondent No.2 has stated that he has 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. Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of Nikhil Merchant vs. Central bureau of Investigation and another JT 2008 (9) SC 192 in para Nos. 23 and 24 has held as under:- “23. In the instant case, the disputes between the Company and the Bank have been set at rest on the basis of the compromise arrived at by them whereunder the dues of the Bank have been cleared and the Bank does not appear to have any further claim against the Company. What, however, remains is the fact that certain documents were alleged to have been created by the appellant herein in order to avail of credit facilities beyond the limit to which the Company was entitled. The dispute involved herein has overtones of a civil dispute with certain criminal facets. The question which is required to be answered in this case is whether the power which independently lies with this court to quash Crl. Misc. M No. 13433 of 2009 -3- the criminal proceedings pursuant to the compromise arrived at, should at all be exercised? 24.On an overall view of the facts as indicated hereinabove and keeping in mind the decision of this Court in B.S.Joshi's case (supra) and the compromise arrived at between the Company and the Bank as also clause 11 of the consent terms filed in the suit filled by the Bank, we are satisfied that this is a fit case where technicality should not be allowed to stand in the way in the quashing of the criminal proceedings, since, in our view, the continuance of the same after the compromise arrived at between the parties would be a futile exercise.” 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. Accordingly, this petition is allowed. FIR No. 115 dated 18.2.2009 registered under Sections 307/148/149 IPC and Sections 25,27 of the Act at Police Station Assandh, District Karnal (Anneuxre P1) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom,are quashed . ( Sabina ) Judge May 26, 2009 arya