Bakshish Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowed the petition under Section 482 CrPC to quash an FIR and consequential proceedings regarding Section 498-A IPC and Section 5/31 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, based on a genuine out-of-court settlement reported by the trial court.
What did the court decide?
The petition is allowed and the FIR and all consequential proceedings are quashed qua the petitioner.