In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M- 11120 of 2008(O&M) Date of Decision:February 10, 2009 Mansa Singh ---Petitioner versus State of Haryana and another ---Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA *** Present: Mr. Chander Shekhar Sharma,Advocate, for Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Sidharth Sarup, AAG, Haryana Mr.Johan Kumar, Advocate, for respondent No. 2 *** SABINA, J. Crl. Misc. No. 7076 of 2009 Crl. Misc. is allowed. Annexure R-2/A is taken on record. Criminal Misc. No. M-11120 of 2008 Petitioner-Mansa Singh has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as 'Cr.P.C.') for quashing of FIR No. 107 dated 5.10.2007 under Sections 420/467/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station, Guhla, District Kaithal. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that as per affidavit of respondent No. 2, he has no objection if the FIR, in question, is Crl. Misc. No. M- 11120 of 2008(O&M) -2- quashed. A perusal of the affidavit dated 2.2.2009 (Annexure R-2/A) reveals that respondent No. 2 has no objection if the FIR, in question, is quashed. It has further been stated in the affidavit that no cheating has been done by Mansa Singh and he has no dispute with Mansa Singh regarding land measuring 4 kanal 10 marlas situated at village Kakrala Anayat. 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. Since the parties have arrived at a compromise, no useful purpose would be served by continuing the criminal proceedings, in question. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. FIR No. 107 dated 5.10.2007 under Sections 420/467/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station, Guhla, District Kaithal is quashed (SABINA) JUDGE February 10, 2009 PARAMJIT