IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-32944 of 2008 Date of decision : August 28, 2009 Amit Verma ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Sanjay Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent no. 1 Ms. Jigyasa Tanwar, Advocate for respondent no. 2 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Amit Verma has filed this petition under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR No. 179 dated 28.5.2007, under sections 406, 498-A IPC, Police Station Kharar, District SAS Nagar, Mohali (Annexure P/1) in view of compromise (Annexure P/2) effected with respondent No. 2- complainant. Learned counsel for respondent no. 2, on instructions from respondent No. 2, who is also present in person in Court, states that the parties have effected compromise Annexure P/2 and therefore, respondent No. 2 has no objection to the quashing of the impugned FIR. Learned counsel for respondent no. 2 also states that pursuant to compromise, Criminal Misc. No. M-32944 of 2008 -2- marriage between petitioner and respondent no. 2 has since been dissolved by decree of divorce by mutual consent. 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 vs State of Punjab, 2007 (3) Law Herald (Punjab & Haryana) 2225. In the instant case, FIR was result of matrimonial dispute between the petitioner and respondent no. 2. The said dispute has been amicably settled and their marriage has also been dissolved. Istri Dhan of respondent no. 2 has also been returned to her. Amount of alimony has also since been paid to the complainant. It is, accordingly, a fit case in which FIR should be quashed. In view of the aforesaid, the instant petition is allowed and the impugned FIR No. 179 dated 28.5.2007, under sections 406, 498-A IPC, Police Station Kharar, District SAS Nagar, Mohali (Annexure P/1) is quashed along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. ( L.N. Mittal ) August 28, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'