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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHD. YOUSUF WANI, J
ADNAN AND OTHERS – Appellant
Versus
UT OF J AND K TH. S.S.P.RAJOURI AND OTHERS – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Through the medium of instant petition filed in terms of Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘BNSS’ for short) corresponding to Section 482 of the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter to be referred as Code for short), the petitioners seeks the quashment of the FIR No. 184/2024 registered on 13.05.2024 with Police Station, Rajouri for alleged commission of offences under Sections 147, 336, 354, 504 and 506 of IPC with all investigation proceedings on the main ground that the contesting parties i.e. the petitioners/accused and the respondent No. 3/complainant have already settled their grievances amicably.
2. This Court as per the previous order dated 12.07.2024 got the statements of the contesting parties recorded before the Registrar Judicial of this Court as regards the alleged compromise between them.
3. The said statements of the parties recorded by the Registrar Judicial have been perused, wherein it has been stated by all the petitioners that they have settled the dispute amicably with the respondent No. 3. It has been stated by the respondent No. 3 that she has settled the dispute with all the
The court may quash FIRs in exceptional circumstances to promote justice, even for non-compoundable offences, provided there is an amicable settlement between the parties.
The High Court may exercise its inherent power to quash criminal proceedings for non-compoundable offences where the dispute is private, predominantly civil in nature, and parties have reached a volu....
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