SUMEET GOEL
Deepak Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sumeet Goel, J.
By way of present petition, the petitioner is seeking quashing of FIR No.158 dated 18.11.2020 under Sections 498A, 376, 377, 323, 506, 34 of IPC, registered at Women Police Station, Faridabad, District Faridabad and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of Memorandum of Understanding dated 17.05.2023 (Annexure P-4), which is stated to have been effected between the parties.
2. On 14.03.2024, the following order was passed:
Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
The court affirmed that under Section 482 Cr.P.C., FIRs can be quashed based on voluntary compromises, emphasizing caution in serious offences.
The court can quash FIRs in non-compoundable offences under Section 482 Cr.P.C. when a genuine compromise is reached between the parties, particularly in matters of a private nature.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the court's exercise of inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the FIR and consequential proceedings based on a genuine compro....
The inherent power of the Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. can be used to quash criminal proceedings based on a compromise to prevent abuse of process of law and secure the ends of justice.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the court's exercise of inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash the FIR based on a voluntary and genuine compromise in a matrimo....
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