IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
CRM-M No.38632 of 2018
Date of decision: 6th September, 2019
Maninder Singh others
… Petitioners
Versus
State of Punjab another
… Respondents
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE FATEH DEEP SINGH
Present: Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioners.
Mr. Harbir Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab
for the respondent No.1/State.
None for respondent No.2.
FATEH DEEP SINGH, J. (ORAL)
Report dated 12.11.2018 of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st
Class, Amritsar has been received whereby after recording statements of
complainant Anna and the accused persons namely Maninder Singh,
Sarabjit Kaur, Rakhwinder Kaur alias Rekha and Baba Arjun Singh, the
Court has shown its satisfaction that the compromise has been arrived at
voluntarily, out of free will of the parties, without any undue influence,
coercion or pressure.
Learned counsel for the complainant/respondent No.2 as well
as learned counsel for the accused/petitioners have made statement that as
per instructions received, the parties had given final effect to their
agreement settlement/compromise (Annexure P2) and that nothing is due
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towards anyone on account of this settlement and that the final effect be
given to this petition.
Heard.
In the light of the satisfaction shown by the Court and the fact
that the dispute between the parties being a pure matrimonial and the
offenses for which the accused have been hauled up are not of serious
nature, together with the fact that compromise will go a long way in
ironing out differences for betterment of future life of the parties and in
view of the law laid down in ‘SectionGian Singh v. State of Punjab and
another’ 2012(4) RCR (Criminal) 543 and ‘SectionKulwinder Singh and
others v. State of Punjab and another’ 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal)
1052, the prayer made in the petition is allowed, proceedings by way of
FIR No.52 dated 27.08.2017 under Sections 406/Section498A/Section497/Section120B IPC
pertaining to Police Station Women Cell, District Amritsar and all
consequences arising out of the said FIR qua the petitioners are quashed.
The petition stands disposed off in those terms.
(FATEH DEEP SINGH)
JUDGE
September 6, 2019
rps
Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No
Whether reportable Yes/No
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