IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
CRM-M No.35344 of 2018
Date of decision: 4th September, 2019
Vikramjit Singh others
… Petitioners
Versus
State of Punjab another
… Respondents
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE FATEH DEEP SINGH
Present: Mr. Vishwajit Bedi, Advocate for the petitioners.
Mr. Harbir Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab
for respondent No.1/State.
None for respondent No.2.
FATEH DEEP SINGH, J. (ORAL)
Report dated 20.09.2018 of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st
Class, Ludhiana has been received whereby after recording statements of
complainant Arvinder Kaur and the accused persons namely Balwinder
Kaur, Vakramjit Singh and Kulwant 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 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 towards anyone on account of this settlement and that the
final effect be given to this petition.
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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.69 dated 21.08.2017 under Sections 406, Section498A IPC pertaining to
Police Station Women, Police Commissionerate Ludhiana 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 4, 2019
rps
Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No
Whether reportable Yes/No
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