{"id":216723,"date":"2019-07-11T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T07:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=216723"},"modified":"2019-07-16T16:22:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T10:52:33","slug":"ph-hc-no-illegality-in-quashing-proceedings-under-s-482-crpc-if-parties-enter-into-a-settlement-and-there-is-no-chance-of-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/11\/ph-hc-no-illegality-in-quashing-proceedings-under-s-482-crpc-if-parties-enter-into-a-settlement-and-there-is-no-chance-of-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"P&#038;H HC | No illegality in quashing proceedings under S. 482 CrPC if parties enter into a settlement and there is no chance of conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Punjab and Haryana High Court<\/strong>: Hari Pal Verma, J. quashed the criminal proceeding as there was a compromise signed between the parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A petition was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing the FIR registered under Sections 406, 498-A of the Penal Code, 1860.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The records of the case are such that the parties appeared before the Judicial Magistrate 1<sup>st<\/sup> Class in which it was submitted that compromise was effected between the parties voluntarily without any coercion or undue influence. The complainant\/respondent made a joint statement in which she had made the statement regarding the compromise between the two.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gaganpreet Kaur, counsel for State had not disputed the fact of the compromise between the parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court thus opined that no useful purpose would be served to continue with the proceedings before the trial court. The Court reiterated the case of <em>Gold Quest International (P) Ltd. v. State of T.N., <\/em>2014 (4) RCR (Criminal) 206, in which the Supreme Court held that \u201c<em>disputes which are substantially matrimonial in nature, or the civil property disputes with criminal facets, if the parties have entered into settlement, and it has become clear that there are no chances of conviction, there is no illegality in quashing the proceedings under Section 482 CrPC read with Article 226 of the Constitution.\u201d <\/em>Thus, all the proceeding was quashed qua the petitioner on the basis of the compromise entered between the parties.[Pankaj v. 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