{"id":18301,"date":"2009-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-punjab-anr-on-10-july-2009"},"modified":"2015-01-17T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T05:52:58","slug":"vs-state-of-punjab-anr-on-10-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-punjab-anr-on-10-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"*** vs State Of Punjab &amp; Anr on 10 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">*** vs State Of Punjab &amp; Anr on 10 July, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>                                    1\n\n       IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                      CHANDIGARH\n\n                         Crl. Misc. No. 6625-M of 2009\n                         Date of Decision: 10.7.2009\n                               ***\nMeetu &amp; Ors.\n                                                   .. Petitioners\n            Vs.\n\nState of Punjab &amp; Anr.\n                                                   .. Respondents.\n\n\nWith                     Crl. Misc. No. 6630-M of 2009\n                                     ***\n\nSandeep Kumar &amp; Ors.\n                                                   .. Petitioners\n            Vs.\n\nState of Punjab &amp; Anr.\n                                                   .. Respondents\n\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR,\n\nPresent:-   Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate\n\n            Mr. N.C. Doabia, Advocate\n\n            Ms. Bhavna Gupta, DAG Punjab\n            ***\n\nARVIND KUMAR, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            According to prosecution version on 20.8.2008 a scuffle took<br \/>\nplace between petitioners Meetu &amp; Ors. on one side and Sandeep Kumar &amp;<br \/>\nOrs. on the other side. On the basis of statement made by Sandeep Kumar<br \/>\nson of Joginder Pal, petitioners of Crl. Misc. No. 6625-M of 2009 namely<br \/>\nMeetu, Sonu, Deepu, Sunny and Raja were booked under Sections 326, 324,<br \/>\n148, 149 IPC vide FIR No.179 dated 4.9.2008, Police Station Model Town,<br \/>\nDistrict Hoshiarpur. Likewise, pursuant to statement     made by Pardeep<br \/>\nKumar alias Deepu son of Jagdish Kumar, the petitioners of Crl. Misc. No.<br \/>\n6630-M of 2009 namely Sandeep Kumar, Bikey, Balbir Singh and Sukha,<br \/>\nwere booked in the cross-case, under Sections 326, 324, 148 and<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                        2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>149 IPC, in the same FIR.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Through the above-referred petitions, which are being disposed<br \/>\nof by this common judgment, both the parties have sought the quashing of<br \/>\nthe above-stated FIR as well as cross-version therein, on the basis of<br \/>\ncompromise stated to have taken place amongst them. Written compromise<br \/>\n(Annexures P-2 in both the petitions) and affidavits of Sandeep Kumar and<br \/>\nPardeep Kumar have also been annexed with the petitions, authenticating<br \/>\nthe said compromise entered between the parties and their no objection with<br \/>\nregard to the quashing of the impugned FIR and cross version therein.\n<\/p>\n<p>            By now it is fully settled that the High Court in exercise of<br \/>\ninherent powers can quash the proceedings if it finds that allowing of any<br \/>\nsuch proceedings to continue would be an abuse of process of the Court or<br \/>\nthat ends of justice require that the proceedings be quashed. In the case of<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/doc\/548497\/\">State of Karnataka v. L. Muniswami, AIR<\/a> 1977 SC 1489, the Hon&#8217;ble<br \/>\nSupreme Court has observed that the ends of justice are higher than ends of<br \/>\nmere law, though justice has got to be administered according to the laws<br \/>\nmade by the legislature yet the Court proceeding ought not to be permitted<br \/>\nto degenerate into a weapon of harassment or persecution.\n<\/p>\n<p>            In the case of <a href=\"\/doc\/297418\/\">Mrs. Shakuntala Sawhney v. Mrs. Kaushalya<br \/>\nand others<\/a> 1980(1) SCC 63, the essence of compromise has been summed<br \/>\nup in following words:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                  &#8221; The finest hour of justice arrives propitiously when<br \/>\n                  parties, despite falling apart, bury the hatchet and weave<br \/>\n                  a sense of fellowship of reunion.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>            The Larger Bench of this Court in the case of Kulvinder Singh<br \/>\n&amp; Ors. Vs. State of Punjab &amp; Anr. 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, while<br \/>\ndiscussing the scope of quashing of prosecution on the basis of compromise,<br \/>\nby this Court in exercise of powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., even in non-<br \/>\ncompoundable offence(s) has held as under:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                  &#8220;28.      The compromise, in a modern society, is the sine<br \/>\n                  qua non of harmony and orderly behaviour. It is the soul<br \/>\n                  of justice and if the power under Section 482 of the<br \/>\n                  Cr.P.C. is used to enhance such a compromise which, in<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                         3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                    turn, enhances the social amity and reduces friction, then<br \/>\n                    it truly is &#8220;finest hour of justice&#8221;. Disputes which have<br \/>\n                    their genesis in a matrimonial discord, landlord-tenant<br \/>\n                    matters, commercial transactions and other such matters<br \/>\n                    can safely be dealt with by the Court by exercising its<br \/>\n                    powers under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. in the event of<br \/>\n                    a compromise, but this is not to say that the power is<br \/>\n                    limited to such cases. There can never be any such rigid<br \/>\n                    rule to prescribe the exercise of such power, especially in<br \/>\n                    the absence of any premonitions to forecast and predict<br \/>\n                    eventualities which the cause of justice may throw up<br \/>\n                    during the course of a litigation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                    29.     The only inevitable conclusion from the above<br \/>\n                    discussion is that there is no statutory bar under the<br \/>\n                    Cr.P.C. which can affect the inherent power of this Court<br \/>\n                    under Section 482. Further, the same cannot be limited to<br \/>\n                    matrimonial cases alone and the Court has the wide<br \/>\n                    power    to   quash     the   proceedings    even   in   non-<br \/>\n                    compoundable offences notwithstanding the bar under<br \/>\n                    Section 320 of the Cr.P.C., in order to prevent the abuse<br \/>\n                    of law and to secure the ends of justice.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>             In the instant case, the parties, with prevalent of good sense<br \/>\nhave decided the dispute amicably and have purchased peace for each other.<br \/>\nThe parties are related to each other and it would also help them to maintain<br \/>\nand control the social order. The parties since have decided not to pursue<br \/>\ntheir respective cases, there are very bleak chance of success of prosecution<br \/>\ncase. Thus, taking into account these facts coupled with the law, referred to<br \/>\nabove, this Court is of the considered view that there is no impediment in<br \/>\nexercising the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C, as continuance of<br \/>\nsuch a prosecution is just an exercise in futility.\n<\/p>\n<p>             In view of the discussion above, the instant petitions are<br \/>\nallowed. Impugned FIR No. 179 dated 4.9.2008, under Sections 326, 324,<br \/>\n148 and 149 IPC, Police Station Model Town, Hoshiarpur and the cross-<br \/>\nversion therein along-with consequent proceedings thereto, against the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                      4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>petitioners are quashed.\n<\/p>\n<p>            The copy of this order be placed in the connected petitions.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                   (ARVIND KUMAR)<br \/>\n                                                          JUDGE<br \/>\nJuly 10,2009<br \/>\nJiten\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court *** vs State Of Punjab &amp; Anr on 10 July, 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. 6625-M of 2009 Date of Decision: 10.7.2009 *** Meetu &amp; Ors. .. Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab &amp; Anr. .. Respondents. With Crl. Misc. 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