HARBHAJAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing of FIR No.165 dated 28.08.2007 (Annexure P-1), registered at Police Station Zirakpur, District Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar, under Sections 406, 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC' for short) and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom in view of the compromise dated 01.10.2012 (Annexure P-2).

(2.) Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that with the intervention of the relatives and respectables of the area, parties have arrived at a compromise Respondent No.2, who is present in person along with her counsel, has admitted the factum of compromise effected between the parties and has stated that she has no objection in case the FIR in question is ordered to be quashed. She has tendered her affidavit on record in this regard.

(3.) As per the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, 2007 3 RCR(Cri) 1052, High Court has power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to allow the compounding of non-compoundable offence and quash the prosecution where the High Court felt that the same was required to prevent the abuse of the process of any Court or to otherwise secure the ends of justice. This power of quashing is not confined to matrimonial disputes alone.