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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Ritesh Kumar Singh @ Ritesh Kumar Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.
Heard the parties.
2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding including the F.I.R. being Latehar (Mahila) P.S. Case No.15 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act; which is now pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate at Latehar.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2 jointly draw the attention of this Court towards Interlocutory Application No.5525 of 2025 which is supported by the separate affidavits of the petitioner, his Pairvikar and the opposite party No.2/informant and submit that therein it has categorically been mentioned that the petitioner and the opposite party No.2/informant have entered into a joint compromise on the intervention of well-wishers and close relatives, hence in view of the compromise between the parties, the opposite party No.2/informant does not want to proceed with the case. Learned counsel
The High Court may quash criminal proceedings in private disputes, particularly matrimonial ones, if a full settlement is reached and continuation would cause injustice.
High Court may quash non-heinous private dispute proceedings under inherent powers where parties fully compromise, conviction becomes remote, and continuation abuses process.
High Court quashed non-heinous criminal proceedings under inherent powers due to parties' full compromise in private family dispute, remote conviction chance, and to prevent abuse of process.
In matrimonial disputes with a civil flavor, the High Court may quash criminal proceedings if a full settlement exists, preventing abuse of process and securing the ends of justice.
The court can quash criminal proceedings based on a compromise between parties when the offences are not heinous and predominantly civil in nature, preventing abuse of process and ensuring justice.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that in cases of matrimonial disputes and compromises between the parties, the court may quash the criminal proceeding if the possibility of convic....
The High Court can quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure when a private dispute is settled, and the possibility of conviction is remote.
The High Court can quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure if a complete settlement exists between parties and the possibility of conviction is deemed remote.
The High Court can quash criminal proceedings based on compromise in private disputes if it serves justice and prevents abuse of process.
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