iv) offences under Section 3O7 IPC and the Arms Act etc. would fall in the category of heinous and serious offences and therefore are to be treated as crime against the society and not against the individua-l alone, and therefore, the criminal proceedings for the c,ffence under Section 307 IPC and/or the l\rms Act etc. which have a serious impact on the society cannot be quashed in exercise of powers under Section 482 of the Code, on the g,round that the parties have resolved their entire dispute arnongst themselves. However, the High Court would not rest its decision rnerely because there is a mention of Section :i07 IPC ln the FIR or the charge is frarned under this provision. It would be open to the tligh Court to examine as to whether ilcorporation of Section 3O7 IPC is there for the sake of it or the prosecution has collected sufficient evidence, which i proved, would l,:ad to framing the charge under Section 307 IPC. For this purpose, it would be open to the Iligh Court to go by the nature of injury sustained, whether such injury is inflicted on the vital/delegate parts of the body, nature of \r/eapons used etc. However, such an exercise t,y the High Court would be permissible only after the evidence is collected after investigation aIId the charge sheet is filed/charge is framed and/or during the trial. S,uch exercise is not permissible when the matter is still under investigation. Therefore,
