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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
PANKAJ JAIN
Pardeep Singh Brar – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Pankaj Jain, J. (Oral)
By way of present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of FIR No.4 dated 12.01.2023 registered under Sections 420/120-B, at Police Station Women Bathinda and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise.2. On 05.02.2024, the following order was passed:
"The present petition has been moved invoking jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C by the petitioners seeking quashing of FIR No.4 dated 12.01.2023, registered for offences punishable under Sections 420/120-B IPC, at Police Station Women Bathinda.
Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the matter already stands compromised vide Annexure P-2.
Notice of motion for 08.04.2024.
On the asking of the Court, Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr. DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.1-State. Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate appears and accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.2 and admits the fact of there being a compromise between the parties.
In view of the above, both the parties are directed to appear before learned Duty Magistrate/Illaqa Magistrate/trial Court on 26.02.2024. On their doing so, the learned Duty Magistrate/Illaqa Magistrate/trial
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 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 court affirmed that under Section 482 Cr.P.C., FIRs can be quashed based on voluntary compromises, emphasizing caution in serious offences.
The court has the power under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. to prevent abuse of process of law and secure the ends of justice, and can quash criminal proceedings based on a genuine and voluntary comprom....
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