Roop Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR and setting aside of conviction on the basis of compromise under Section 482 Cr.P.C. after conclusion of trial and during appeal; Ramgopal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2021 SCC Online SC 834 (followed); non-heinous and private-nature offences; voluntary compromise without coercion or undue influence certified by Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Rupnagar (report dated 07.01.2025); abatement of appeal on death of appellant Gurmit Singh; conviction and sentence dated 12.09.2008 under Sections 148, 308/149, 323 and 506 IPC set aside; FIR No.93 dated 27.10.2004 under Sections 325, 308, 323, 148 and 149 IPC, Police Station Chamkaur Sahib, District Rupnagar; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Justice Deepak Gupta; CRA-S-1813-SB-2008; CRM-M-62824-2024 (O&M); decided July 17, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Petition CRM-M-62824-2024 allowed: FIR No.93 dated 27.10.2004 and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom quashed on the basis of the compromise, qua petitioner(s); consequently the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 12.09.2008 set aside and appeal CRA-S-1813-SB-2008 disposed of qua the surviving appellants (Roop Singh, Amarjit Singh, Darshan Singh, Chhindi alias Bhinder); appeal qua deceased appellant Gurmit Singh abated.