264 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 09.01.2025 RAVI KUMAR AND OTHERS .....Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. R.S.Dhillon, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Randhir Singh Thind, DAG Punjab.

Ms. Bhupinder Kaur Bhangu, Advocate for respondent No.2.

KIRTI SINGH, J.(Oral)

This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No.14 dated 27.03.2023 under Sections 376 and 506 of IPC registered at Police Station Khuhi Khera, District Fazilka, along with all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated

25.11.2023 (Annexure P-2).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon a judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Kapil Gupta Vs. State of N.C.T. of Delhi and another, 2022 (4) RCR (Crl.) 497, to contend that FIR under Section 376 of IPC (now Section 64 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) can be quashed on the basis of compromise. Learned counsel has further relied upon a judgment of this Court in Karan Sharma Vs. State of Haryana and another, 2021(1) Law Herald 149 and contends that once the parties have compromised