FIR quashed under S.528 BNSS despite non-compoundable offences due to amicable settlement, following Supreme Court guidelines.

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The petitioners / A1 & A2 in Crime No.9 of 2024 for offences under Sections 465, 468, 471, 420 and 34 IPC on the file of the 1^st respondent Police has filed this Criminal Original Petition.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the defacto complainant executed a General Power of Attorney on 08.05.2023 in favour of the 1^st petitioner for the purpose of developing and selling his property measuring 0.27 ½ cents. It is claimed that the 1^st petitioner misused this power and fraudulently transferred the property to his wife / 2^nd petitioner through a sale deed dated 13.05.2024. Further, in order to execute the sale deed, the 1^st petitioner fabricated a Life Certificate of the defacto complainant using forged signatures, purportedly issued by one Dr. Kumar / A3. Further it is alleged that a cheque for Rs.50,00,000/- issued by the 1^st petitioner was dishonoured with the remark “Stop Payment”. On the complaint of the 2^nd respondent, the 1^st respondent Police registered an FIR in Crime No.9 of 2024 for offence under Sections for offences under Sections 465, 468, 471, 420 and 34 IPC against the petitioners.

3. The case is still at the stage of investigation. By passage of time, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.

4. Today the petitioners and the 2^nd respondent appeared before this Court and their identities were confirmed by the 1^st respondent Police. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves. The petitioners and the 2^nd respondent have filed separate affidavit before this Court and also filed the Joint Compromise Memo.

5. Under such circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the First Information Report pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in 2017 9 SCC 641- (Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath), and after exercising due caution as advised by the Hon'ble Suprme Court in The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dhruv Gurjar and Another reported in (2019) 2 MLJ Crl 10), this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., quashes the First Information Report on the file of the 1^st respondent Police.

6. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the investigation in Crime No.9 of 2024, on the file of the 1^st respondent police, is quashed. 10.04.2026 Neutral Citation: Yes/No AT To