In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M- 29636 of 2008 Date of Decision:19-01-2009 Kuldeep Singh ---Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ---Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.K.S.Chahal,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab Mr.Munish Raj, Advocate, for respondent No. 2 SABINA, J.(Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal procedure for quashing FIR No. 177 dated 30.8.2008 under Section 498-A, 406(Later on added) of the Indian penal Code registered at Police Station Sadar Sunam, District Sangrur on the basis of compromise between the petitioner and respondent No. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that a compromise had been effected between the petitioner and the complainant-respondent No. 2. Copy of the affidavit dated 27.10.2008 of respondent No. 2, submitted before the police during investigation has been placed on the file as Annexure P-2. A perusal of the same reveals that complainant had deposed that he did not want to pursue the case as the matter has been Crl. Misc. No. M- 29636 of 2008 -2- compromised and FIR be cancelled. Since the parties have arrived at a compromise, no useful purpose would be served by allowing the proceedings to continue. 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. In view of the affidavit submitted by the complainant, this petition is allowed and FIR No. 177 dated 30.8.2008 under Section 498-A, 406(Later on added) of the Indian penal Code registered at Police Station Sadar Sunam, District Sangrur and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (SABINA) JUDGE January 19, 2009 PARAMJIT