Order

23/05/2025 By way of filing this criminal misc. petition under Section

528 BNSS, the petitioners seek quashing of the proceedings arising out of FIR No.76/2021, registered at Police Station Sadar Bazaaar, Jodhpur City East for the offences under Sections 323, 323/34, 341, 341/34 of IPC in view of a compromise arrived at between the parties.

Learned counsel for the petitioners and respondent No.2 submitted that the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Gian Singh v. State of Punjab (2012)10 SCC 303 has authoritatively held that while certain offences may be non- compoundable, the High Court, in the exercise of its inherent powers, can quash proceedings where the dispute is entirely private in nature and does not affect public peace or order. Learned counsel submitted that in case of Gian Singh (supra), it was observed that where parties have amicably resolved their differences, and the prosecution is rendered meaningless, courts should not hesitate to quash such proceedings to uphold the spirit of justice, peace, and reconciliation. It was contended that in the present case, since the parties have entered into a compromise and have settled their disputes amicably in the