JUDGMENT :

MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J.

1. A prayer has been made for invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 247 dated 07.09.2020 under Sections 376, 366-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Section 4 of the POCSO Act, registered at Police Station Samana, District Patiala (Annexure P-1) and all the consequential proceedings arising thereof on the basis of compromise dated 11.12.2020 (Annexure P-5) stated to have been arrived between the petitioner and respondent Nos. 2 and 3.

2. Learned counsel contends that a false case was registered against the petitioner, which finds credence from the fact that the complainant-Jaswant Singh (father of victim), Karamjit Kaur (mother of victim) and the victim herself did not support the case of the prosecution during trial and were declared hostile. In support of his submissions, he has referred to their respective testimonies recorded before the trial Court annexed as Annexure P-2, P-3 and P-4. Learned counsel has also invited the attention of this Court to a duly sworn in affidavit of the complainant annexed as Annexure P-5 dated 11.12.2020, wherein he has deposed that the FIR in