{"id":184140,"date":"2009-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rakesh-kumar-kopahi-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-3-november-2009"},"modified":"2017-05-27T04:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T22:36:02","slug":"rakesh-kumar-kopahi-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-3-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rakesh-kumar-kopahi-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-3-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"Rakesh Kumar Kopahi vs State Of Punjab And Another on 3 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Rakesh Kumar Kopahi vs State Of Punjab And Another on 3 November, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>             Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009                        (1)\n\n\n              In the High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana at Chandigarh\n\n                                   Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009 (O&amp;M)\n\n                                                  Date of decision: 3.11.2009\n\nRakesh Kumar Kopahi                                            ..... Petitioner\n                                           vs\nState of Punjab and another                                    ..... Respondents<\/pre>\n<pre>Coram:       Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal\n\n\nPresent:     Mr. Navkesh Singh Goraya, Advocate, for the petitioner.\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>             Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab,<br \/>\n             for respondent no. 1.\n<\/p>\n<p>             Mr. Gagneshwar Walia, Advocate, for the respondent no. 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rajesh Bindal J.\n<\/p>\n<p>             Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of FIR No. 186 dated<br \/>\n27.9.2007, registered under Sections 324, 323 IPC at Police Station City Batala,<br \/>\nand subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.\n<\/p>\n<p>             Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the dispute between<br \/>\nthe parties has been compromised with the intervention of the well-wishers and<br \/>\nkeeping in view that peace and harmony is maintained in the village. Affidavit of<br \/>\nrespondent no. 2\/ complainant has been placed on record as Annexure P-1 wherein<br \/>\nhe has admitted the factum of compromise. Learned counsel for the petitioner<br \/>\nfurther submitted that since the parties have compromised the matter, the FIR in<br \/>\nquestion deserves to be quashed. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge<br \/>\nBench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh versus State of Punjab 2007<br \/>\n(3) Law Herald (P&amp;H) 2225.\n<\/p>\n<p>             Respondent no.2- complainant appeared in Court in person. He has<br \/>\nadmitted the factum of compromise and stated that he has no objection in case the<br \/>\nFIR in question is quashed. He has made a statement to this effect in the court also.\n<\/p>\n<p>             From the perusal of compromise-deed (Annexure P-1), it is clear that<br \/>\nthe petitioner and respondent no. 2 have resolved their differences by a bonafide<br \/>\ncompromise free from any fraud, coercion or undue influence. A compromise<br \/>\nwould help the parties to live their lives, without illwill or rancour and contribute<br \/>\nto harmony and peace in the community. Dealing with issue of quashing of FIR on<br \/>\nthe basis of compromise, a Bench consisting of five Hon&#8217;ble Judges of this Court<br \/>\nin Kulwinder Singh&#8217;s case (supra) while approving minority view in Dharambir<br \/>\n             Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009                      (2)<\/p>\n<p>v. State of Haryana, 2005(2) Law Herald (P&amp;H) (FB) 723, opined as under:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            &#8220;27.    To conclude, it can safely be said that there can never be any<br \/>\n                    hard and fast category which can be prescribed to enable the<br \/>\n                    Court to exercise its power under Section 482, of the Cr.P.C.<br \/>\n                    The only principle that can be laid down is the one which has<br \/>\n                    been incorporated in the Section itself, i.e., &#8220;to prevent abuse<br \/>\n                    of the process of any Court&#8221; or &#8220;to secure the ends of<br \/>\n                    justice&#8221;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            28.     In Mrs. Shakuntala Sawhney Versus Mrs. Kaushalya<br \/>\n                    Sawhney and others, (1980) 1 S.C.C. 63, Hon&#8217;ble Krishna<br \/>\n                    Iyer, J. aptly summoned up the essence of compromise in the<br \/>\n                    following words:-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                    &#8220;The finest hour of justice arrives propitiously when parties,<br \/>\n                    despite falling apart, bury the hatchet and weave a sense of<br \/>\n                    fellowship of reunion.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                    The power to do complete justice is the very essence of every<br \/>\n                    judicial justice dispensation system. It cannot be diluted by<br \/>\n                    distorted perceptions and is not a slave to anything, except to<br \/>\n                    the caution and circumspection, the standards of which the<br \/>\n                    Court sets before it, in exercise of such plenary and<br \/>\n                    unfettered power inherently vested in it while donning the<br \/>\n                    cloak of compassion to achieve the ends of justice.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            29.     No embargo, be in the shape of Section 320(9) of the<br \/>\n                    Cr.P.C., or any other such curtailment, can whittle down the<br \/>\n                    power under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            30.     The compromise, in a modern society, is the sine qua non of<br \/>\n                    harmony and orderly behaviour. It is the soul of justice and if<br \/>\n                    the power under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C is used to enhance<br \/>\n                    such a compromise which, in turn, enhances the social amity<br \/>\n                    and reduces friction, then it truly is &#8220;finest hour of justice&#8221;.<br \/>\n                    Disputes which have their genesis in a matrimonial discord,<br \/>\n                    landlord- tenant matters, commercial transactions and other<br \/>\n                    such matters can safely be dealt with by the Court by<br \/>\n                    exercising its powers under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C in the<br \/>\n                    event of 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 rule<br \/>\n                    to prescribe the exercise of such power, especially in the<br \/>\n              Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009                      (3)<\/p>\n<p>                      absence of any premonitions to forecast and predict<br \/>\n                      eventualities which the cause of justice may throw up during<br \/>\n                      the course of a litigation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             31.      The only inevitable conclusion from the above discussion is<br \/>\n                      that there is no statutory bar under the Cr.P.C which can<br \/>\n                      affect the inherent power of this Court under Section 482.<br \/>\n                      Further, the same cannot be limited to matrimonial cases<br \/>\n                      alone and the Court has the wide power to quash the<br \/>\n                      proceedings      even       in   non-compoundable     offences<br \/>\n                      notwithstanding the bar under Section 320 of the Cr.P.C., in<br \/>\n                      order to prevent the abuse of law and to secure the ends of<br \/>\n                      justice.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             32.      The power under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C is to be exercised<br \/>\n                      Ex-Debitia Justitia to prevent an abuse of process of Court.<br \/>\n                      There can neither be an exhaustive list nor the defined para-<br \/>\n                      meters to enable a High Court to invoke or exercise its<br \/>\n                      inherent powers. It will always depend upon the facts and<br \/>\n                      circumstances of each case. The power under Section 482 of<br \/>\n                      the Cr.P.C has no limits. However, the High Court will<br \/>\n                      exercise it sparingly and with utmost care and caution. The<br \/>\n                      exercise of power has to be with circumspection and<br \/>\n                      restraint. The Court is vital and an extra-ordinary effective<br \/>\n                      instrument to maintain and control social order. The Courts<br \/>\n                      play role of paramount importance in achieving peace,<br \/>\n                      harmony and ever-lasting congeniality in society. Resolution<br \/>\n                      of a dispute by way of a compromise between two warring<br \/>\n                      groups, therefore, should attract the immediate and prompt<br \/>\n                      attention of a Court which should endeavour to give full<br \/>\n                      effect to the same unless such compromise is abhorrent to<br \/>\n                      lawful composition of the society or would promote<br \/>\n                      savagery.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>             Compromise in modern society is the sine qua non of harmony and<br \/>\norderly behaviour. As observed by Krishna Iyer J., the finest hour of justice arrives<br \/>\npropitiously when parties despite falling apart, bury the hatchet and weave a sense<br \/>\nof fellowship of reunion. Inherent power of the Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C is<br \/>\nnot limited to matrimonial cases alone. The Court has wide powers to quash the<br \/>\nproceedings even in non-compoundable offences in order to prevent abuse of<br \/>\n              Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009                      (4)<\/p>\n<p>process of law and to secure ends of justice, notwithstanding bar under Section<br \/>\n320 Cr.P.C. Exercise of power in a given situation will depend on facts of each<br \/>\ncase. The duty of the Court is not only to decide a lis between the parties after a<br \/>\nprotracted litigation but it is a vital and extra-ordinary instrument to maintain and<br \/>\ncontrol social order. Resolution of dispute by way of compromise between two<br \/>\nwarring groups should be encouraged unless such compromise is abhorrent to<br \/>\nlawful composition of society or would promote savagery, as held in Kulwinder<br \/>\nSingh&#8217;s case (supra).\n<\/p>\n<p>             Keeping in view the enunciation of law as referred to above and<br \/>\napplying the same to the facts and circumstances of the present case, once the<br \/>\nmatter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be<br \/>\nserved by proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, FIR No. 186 dated<br \/>\n27.9.2007, registered under Sections 324, 323 IPC at Police Station City Batala,<br \/>\nand all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed.\n<\/p>\n<p>             The petition is disposed of accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<pre>3.11.2009                                                 ( Rajesh Bindal)\nvs.                                                             Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Rakesh Kumar Kopahi vs State Of Punjab And Another on 3 November, 2009 Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009 (1) In the High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-28125 of 2009 (O&amp;M) Date of decision: 3.11.2009 Rakesh Kumar Kopahi &#8230;.. 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