IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH
VENKATESH NAIK T.
P.C. Balaji, S/o. Chandra Shetty P. – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka, (Through Gandhinagar P.S. Ballari), By State Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Karnataka, Bench At: Dharwad – Respondent
ORDER :
(VENKATESH NAIK T., J.)
Heard Sri J. Basavaraj., learned counsel for the petitioner, Smt. Kirtilata Patil., learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent No.1 – State and Sri. D.V.Pattar., learned counsel for respondent No.2. The petitioner and de facto complainant are present.
2. The petitioner/accused has filed the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) seeking to quash the entire proceedings in C.C.No.609/2023, pending on the file of the learned Principal Civil Judge and JMFC at Ballari arising out of Crime No.150/2022 of Gandhinagar Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 452 , 323, 504 506 read with Section 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for short ‘IPC’). Now, the petitioner and de facto complainant have resolved their disputes with the intervention of elders and well-wishers from both families.
3. In view of settlement, the petitioner and respondent No.2 have filed a compromise petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C/528 of BNSS, 2023. The contents of compromise petition read as under:
1. That Respondent No.2 herein and Petitioner married on 21.11.1999 and after the marriage was consummated, two d
Court allows party-initiated compromise under Section 482 Cr.P.C., quashing IPC charges, emphasizing the futility of trials post-settlement.
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Compromise between parties can lead to quashing of criminal proceedings when continuation is considered an abuse of process, reflecting a mutual resolution of disputes.
Offence can be compounded and quashed where chances of conviction are bleak and remote.
The court can quash criminal proceedings when parties reach a mutual settlement, preventing abuse of the legal process.
Criminal proceedings can be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. on the basis of compromise in matrimonial or family disputes.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's inherent power under Section 482 CrPC to prevent an abuse of the process of law and secure the ends of justice, especially in cases whe....
Compromise between parties in non-compoundable criminal cases can satisfy interests of justice and lead to quashing proceedings when there is minimal chance of conviction.
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