{"id":218500,"date":"2019-08-22T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=218500"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:06:57","slug":"all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allahabad High Court<\/strong>: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. while allowing the application under Section 482 CrPC observed that even the law provides that it may not be necessary for every criminal offence to mete out punishment, particularly, if the victim wants to bury the hatchet.<\/p>\n

In the instant case, applicant 1 is the husband and applicant 2 is the brother-in-law of opposite party 2 (OP). Due to non-fulfilment of dowry demands, OP was tortured, beaten and harassed and thereby made OP lodge an FIR against the applicants, her father-in-law and sister-in-law.<\/p>\n

On the request of applicants, time was granted to them to make arrangement of payment to settle the dispute amicably. Afterwards, a joint affidavit was filed by the applicants and OP submitting that they have settled their matrimonial dispute outside the Court and they have no grievance against each other. The settlement was based on certain terms and conditions like OP will receive an amount of Rs 22 lakh from applicant 1 and would not prosecute each other or family members with regard to present matrimonial dispute between them.<\/em><\/p>\n

After observing the submissions of the parties, the Court looked into some relevant judgments of the Supreme Court where guidelines for quashing of criminal proceedings on the basis of compromise and amicable settlement of the matrimonial dispute between the parties concerned was laid down.<\/p>\n

In Madhavrao Jiwajirao Scindia v. Sambhaji-Rao Chandrojirao Angre<\/em>, <\/strong>(1988) 1 SCC 692<\/a>, it was laid down that the inherent power under Section 482 CrPC should be used where special features appear or it is expedient and in the interest of justice to permit a prosecution to continue.<\/p>\n

In G.V. Rao v. L.H.V. Prasad<\/em>, <\/strong>(2000) 3 SCC 693<\/a>, the Supreme Court made some apt observations in relation to matrimonial disputes. Little matrimonial skirmishes suddenly escalate which often assume serious proportions resulting in commission of heinous crimes in which elders of the family are also involved. <\/em>Instead of fighting out in the Court, the parties should amicably terminate their disputes.<\/p>\n

In Swati Verma v. Rajan Verma<\/em>, <\/strong>(2004) 1 SCC 123<\/a> similar to the present case, the Supreme Court had quashed the criminal proceedings under Sections 498A and 406 IPC before the CJM as the divorce litigation between the sparring spouses was decided on the basis of a compromise.<\/p>\n

With these cases referred and a few others, the Court observed that If the offender and victim want to move on in matrimonial cases, they may be allowed to compound the offences in terms of the settlement.<\/em>[Alok Jaiswal v. State of U.P., Application u\/s 482 No.\u00a0 27720 of 2019, decided on 08-08-2019]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. while allowing the application under Section 482 CrPC observed that even the law provides that <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[32849,3151,13021,3587],"class_list":["post-218500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-criminal-offence","tag-matrimonial_dispute","tag-section-482-crpc","tag-settlement"],"yoast_head":"\nAll HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. while allowing the application under Section 482 CrPC observed that even the law provides that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-22T09:05:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-29T09:06:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Allahabad-High-Court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/\",\"name\":\"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-22T09:05:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-29T09:06:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement","og_description":"Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. while allowing the application under Section 482 CrPC observed that even the law provides that","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2019-08-22T09:05:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-08-29T09:06:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Allahabad-High-Court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/","name":"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-22T09:05:57+00:00","dateModified":"2019-08-29T09:06:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/22\/all-hc-the-offender-and-the-victim-in-a-matrimonial-dispute-may-be-allowed-to-compound-the-offences-in-terms-of-settlement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":222247,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/11\/18\/all-hc-continuation-of-criminal-proceedings-not-useful-where-chances-of-conviction-are-bleak-and-settlement-arrived-at-between-the-parties\/","url_meta":{"origin":218500,"position":0},"title":"All HC | Continuation of criminal proceedings not useful where chances of conviction are bleak and settlement arrived at between the parties","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. allowed the instant application in terms of compromise and quashed the chargesheet as well as the entire proceedings. This instant application was filed for the quashing of the chargesheet. The applicant, Gomti Devi purchased a plot that it got in a dispute with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":260230,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/01\/17\/settlement-terms-decided-by-mediation-and-conciliation-centre-can-be-the-reason-for-quashing-of-a-first-information-report-under-s-482-crpc\/","url_meta":{"origin":218500,"position":1},"title":"Settlement terms decided by Mediation and Conciliation Centre, can be the reason for quashing of an FIR under S. 482 CrPC: All HC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"January 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Singh, J., reiterated that under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, an FIR i.e. First Information Report can be quashed in view of the settlement terms. Application under Section 482 CrPC was filed with a request that the matter may be referred to the Mediation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":216010,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/06\/21\/utt-hc-power-under-s-482-crpc-should-not-be-exercised-to-stifle-legitimate-trial-and-in-cases-where-facts-are-hazy-criminal-application-dismissed\/","url_meta":{"origin":218500,"position":2},"title":"Utt HC | Power under S. 482 CrPC should not be exercised to stifle legitimate trial and in cases where facts are hazy; criminal application dismissed","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"June 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Uttaranchal High Court: N.S. Dhanik, J. contemplated a criminal application for quashing of the FIR filed against the applicant-husband by his wife for alleged cruelty and criminal intimidation under the relevant sections of IPC. The respondent had filed an FIR against the applicant and his relatives for harassing and treating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":210435,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/02\/20\/utt-hc-fir-for-offences-of-private-nature-having-no-serious-impact-upon-society-can-be-quashed-by-high-court-if-parties-have-settled-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":218500,"position":3},"title":"Utt HC | FIR for offences of private nature having no serious impact upon society can be quashed by High Court if parties have settled it","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. allowed a criminal miscellaneous application challenging the proceedings of the criminal case on the ground that the parties had settled the dispute between themselves. The counsels for the parties submitted that parties had buried their differences and entered into a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":212691,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/03\/30\/del-hc-law-regarding-quashing-of-fir-in-non-compoundable-offence-under-s-498-a-ipc-culled-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":218500,"position":4},"title":"Del HC | Law regarding quashing of FIR in non-compoundable offence under S. 498-A IPC culled out","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"March 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: R.K. Gauba, J., referring to the relevant authority on the subject, allowed a petition filed under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of an FIR registered under Sections 498-A and 406 read with Section 34 IPC. The parties were married to each other. The wife had lodged the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":242934,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/01\/28\/all-hc-woman-commits-suicide-after-various-cases-against-her-being-subjected-to-harassment-at-matrimonial-home-can-a-case-of-abetment-of-suicide-be-established-hc-discusses\/","url_meta":{"origin":218500,"position":5},"title":"All HC | Woman commits suicide after various cases against her, being subjected to harassment at matrimonial home. Can a case of abetment of suicide be established? HC discusses","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"January 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, J., while discussing abetment of suicide, stated that: \u201c\u2026if some act either of omission or commission results in instigation to the victim to commit suicide, that act would also be treated to be an abetment.\u201d Factual Background of a Woman Subjected to Torture in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}