CRM No. M 36605 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 36605 of 2010 Date of decision: 03.02.2011 Preetpal Kaur alias Preet ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. G S Kaura, Advocate for the petitioners Ms Gurveen H Singh, Addl. AG, Punjab Mr. R S Jhand, Advocate for respondent No. 2 - complainant -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 38 dated 25.08.2010 under Section 406, 498-A IPC, P S Kabarwala, District Muktsar (Annexure P-1) which was got registered by respondent No. 2 - complainant against the present petitioners on the basis of the compromise dated 19.10.2010 arrived at between the parties. Copy of the same has been placed on record as Annexure P-2. The complainant is present in Court along with her counsel. CRM No. M 36605 of 2010 2 She has filed her reply by way of affidavit in court today, stating therein, that with the intervention of the respectables and Panchayat, the matter has been compromised and she has no objection if FIR is quashed. In the present case, the matrimonial dispute between the parties led to filing of the present FIR. Now, the matter has been amicably resolved. The Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another - 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 has observed as under:- “The compromise, in a modern society, is the sine qua non of harmony and orderly behaviour. It is the soul of justice and if the power under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. is used to enhance such a compromise which, in turn, enhances the social amity and reduced friction, then it truly is finest hour of justice. Disputes which have their genesis in a matrimonial discord, landlord-tenant matters, commercial transactions and other such matters can safely be dealt with by the court exercising its power under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C in the event of a compromise, but this is not to say power is limited to such cases. There can never be any such rigid rules to prescribe the exercise of such power.” The Apex Court in the case of 'Madan Mohan Abbot v. State of Punjab' reported as (2008)4 SCC 582 emphasised in para No. 6 as follows:- “6. We need to emphasize that it is perhaps advisable that in disputes where the question involved is of a purely personal nature, the Court should ordinarily accept the terms of the compromise even in criminal proceedings as keeping the matter alive with no possibility of a result in favour of the prosecution is a luxury which the Courts, grossly overburdened as CRM No. M 36605 of 2010 3 they are, cannot afford and that the time so saved can be utilised in deciding more effective and meaningful litigation. This is a common sense approach to the matter based on ground of realities and bereft of the technicalities of the law.” The said compromise has been arrived at between the parties without any pressure. The complainant has no objection if the said FIR is quashed. Taking into account the allegations, compromise dated 19.10.2010 as well as affidavit of the complainant, there is no impediment in the way of this Court to quash the present FIR and subsequent proceedings arising out of the same in view of the above said settled proposition of law. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 38 dated 25.08.2010 under Section 406, 498-A IPC, P S Kabarwala, District Muktsar (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising out of the same are hereby quashed. Allowed in the aforesaid terms. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 03.02.2011 mohan