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HARSH BUNGER
Jashandeep Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Harsh Bunger, J. (Oral)
This petition has been filed under Section 4 82 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.561 dated 23.11.2020, under Section 4 20 IPC & sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, registered at Police Station City Fatehabad, District Fatehabad, Haryana (Annexure P-1) and all the consequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise/agreement dated 03.02.2021 (Annexure P-2).
2. Vide order dated 12.12.2022, the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate was directed to record the statements of the parties with regard to the genuineness and validity of the compromise.
3. In compliance thereof, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Fatehabad has submitted a consolidated report, vide letter dated 20.12.2022 which indicates that the parties appeared before the Magistrate and got recorded their respective statements with regard to the validity of compromise. As per the report, compromise arrived at between the parties is genuine and with free will and consent. Relevant extract of the said report is reproduced as under:-
Criminal proceedings for serious offences like dowry death cannot be quashed on the grounds of compromise, as public interest necessitates accountability for heinous acts.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the inherent power of the court to quash criminal proceedings based on a voluntary compromise between the parties, while considering the nature and....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's authority to exercise inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash criminal proceedings, emphasizing th....
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