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PANKAJ JAIN
Vikas Malhotra – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Pankaj Jain, J. (Oral) - By way of present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR No.125 dated 26.9.2018, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406, 420, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, Police Station Phase 11, Mohali, on the basis of compromise dated 11.1.2019 (Annexure P-2).
2. On 19.5.2023, the following order was passed:-
'Petitioners have filed the instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR No. 125 dated 26.09.2018 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 120-B, 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Phase-XI, Mohali, along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of order dated 11.01.2019 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, S.A.S., Nagar, wherein it has been mentioned that the compromise has been arrived at between the parties before the Mediation Centre.
Mr. Iranpreet Singh, Advocate appears and files Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent No.2 in the Court today, which is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. He admits the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties.
List on 31.07.2023.
In the meanwhile, the pa
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the power u/s 482 Cr.P.C. can be invoked to quash proceedings based on a compromise between the parties in matters predominantly of civil c....
The central legal point established in the judgment is the wide plenitude of inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings in which a compromise has been effected, not confin....
The court established the principle that inherent power can be used to quash criminal proceedings where a compromise has been effected, in order to secure the ends of justice or to prevent the abuse ....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's inherent power to quash proceedings based on a genuine and voluntary compromise between the accused and the victim, emphasizing the ref....
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