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Amandeep Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.

Punjab & Haryana HC30 May 2013CRM-M/13203/2013

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This order allowed a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash an FIR registered under Sections 498-A, 406, and 506 IPC. The High Court quashed the proceedings based on a compromise between the parties arising from a matrimonial dispute.

What did the court decide?

Quashing of FIR No. 84 dated 20.06.2012 under Sections 498-A, 406, and 506 IPC and all consequential proceedings against the petitioners.

Amandeep Singh and Ors. Vs State of Punjab… — Matrimonial and Divorce | Punjab & Haryana HC (2013)

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CRM M-13203 of 2013

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

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Crl. Misc. No. M-13203 of 2013 (O&M) Date of Decision: May 30, 2013.

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Amandeep Singh and others

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..........PETITIONER(s).

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VERSUS

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The State of Punjab and another

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.........RESPONDENT(s).

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CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA

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Present: Mr. S.S. Sarwara, Advocate for the petitioner (s).

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Mr. Deepak Garg, A.A.G., Punjab.

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Respondent No.2 in person with Mr. S.S. Tiwana, Advocate.

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RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral)

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The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR No.84 dated 20.06.2012 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 498-A, 406 and 506 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Payal, District Khanna and all other consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise, Annexure P-2, having been entered between the parties.

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I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record.

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It has been stated by learned counsel for the petitioners that dispute between the parties was matrimonial in nature and the same has

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CRM M-13203 of 2013

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since been settled due to intervention of respectable persons and relatives from both the sides.

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Respondent No.2 – complainant also appeared in person with her counsel and filed reply by way of affidavit admitting the factum of compromise and stated that she is having no objection if the FIR and consequential proceedings are quashed.

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In appropriate cases FIR can be quashed on the basis of compromise by exercising power under Section 482 Cr.P.C., even if the offences are not compoundable. It was so held by Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab , 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052 .

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Since the dispute was matrimonial in nature which has been settled, the present petition is allowed and the impugned FIR No. 84 dated 20.06.2012 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 498-A, 406 and 506 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Payal, District Khanna alongwith all consequential proceedings qua petitioners Amandeep Singh Surinder Kaur and Kewal Singh is, hereby, quashed.

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( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) May 30, 2013. JUDGE Sachin M.

Amandeep Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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