Criminal proceedings can be quashed if parties are interested in restoring peace and harmony
Uttaranchal High Court: The FIR registered against the petitioners for offences punishable under Sections 323, 452, 504 and 506 IPC was quashed
Amicable Settlement
Criminal proceedings quashed in light of amicable settlement between parties
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ajay Mohan Goel, J., allowed a criminal petition filed by the accused-petitioner
Criminal proceedings can be compounded by court on the satisfaction that matter has been amicably settled
Uttaranchal High Court: A criminal writ petition filed by the petitioners for quashing the FIR registered for offences punishable under Sections 420,120-B
Criminal proceedings for cruelty to wife can be quashed by High Court in exercise of it’s inherent powers under S. 482 CrPC
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court ruled that proceedings under Sections 498-A, 406 read with 34
Compromise or amicable settlement of dispute between parties brings peace and harmony in society
Punjab and Haryana High Court: In two subsequent cases decided by the Bench of Inderjit, J., dealing with offences under Sections 420,
Amicable settlement of dispute cannot be a ground for quashing FIR in serious offences
Bombay High Court: Making observations in the Writ Petition filed before the court, as to the conduct of accused and subsequent circumstances,
Sincere attempt of settling the dispute amicably to be made by the Family Courts in matrimonial discord matters
Jharkhand High Court: With the intent to protect the sanctity of marriage, the Court said that sometimes clash of ego between the