High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/51500/2023allowed

Vishwas Sharma @ Vishwas v. State Of Haryana And Another

2024-01-09Mr. Justice N.S. Shekhawat2 pages

CRM-M-51500-2023 -12024:PHHC:002217

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-51500-2023 Date of decision: 09.01.2024 VISHWAS SHARMA @ VISHWAS

...Petitioners

VERSUS

STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

...Respondents

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N. S. SHEKHAWAT

Present:

Mr. Vishal Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gaurav Gurcharan Singh Rai, DAG, Haryana. Mr. Sunny Tyagi, Advocate for the complainant/respondent No.2.

**** N. S. SHEKHAWAT, J. (Oral) The instant petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of an FIR No. 54 dated 03.04.2023 under Sections 420 and 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 registered at Police Station Bhupani, District Faridabad alongwith all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise.

Vide order dated 11.10.2023 while issuing notice of motion, this Court had directed the parties to appear before the Illaqa Magistrate/trial Magistrate for getting their statements recorded with respect to the compromise. Pursuant to aforesaid order, the parties have appeared before the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Faridabad and got their statements recorded. Report dated 13.12.2023 has been received whereby after recording the statements of the parties, the Court below has shown its satisfaction that the compromise is genuine, voluntary and without any coercion or undue influence. I have heard counsel for the parties and gone through the case file.

CRM-M-51500-2023 -22024:PHHC:002217 In the light of the satisfaction shown by the Court below and considering the offence for which the accused have been charged are not of serious nature, together with the fact that compromise will go a long way in ironing out the differences for betterment of future life of the parties and also in view of the law laid down in Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2012 (4) RCR (Criminal) 543 and Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, the present petition for quashing the FIR is allowed qua the petitioners.

Resultantly, FIR No. 54 dated 03.04.2023 under Sections 420 and 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 registered at Police Station Bhupani, District Faridabad alongwith all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua the petitioners.

(N. S. SHEKHAWAT) 09.01.2024 JUDGE M.Sikka Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes/No Whether reportable :

Yes/No