https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176796 The High Court's inherent power under Section 482 CrPC, read with Articles 226 and 227, can be used to quash FIRs or criminal proceedings where continuation would amount to abuse of process or fail to secure the ends of justice. A bar on compounding under Section 320 CrPC does not, by itself, limit that power. In matrimonial disputes, especially where the spouses have genuinely settled their differences and the prospect of conviction is remote, quashing may be appropriate even for non-compoundable offences such as Sections 498A and 406 IPC. Genuine settlements in such cases should be encouraged, and a rigid insistence on non-compoundability may defeat justice. en-us Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 10:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176796 The High Court's inherent power under Section 482 CrPC, read with Articles 226 and 227, can be used to quash FIRs or criminal proceedings where continuation would amount to abuse of process or fail to secure the ends of justice. A bar on compounding under Section 320 CrPC does not, by itself, limit that power. In matrimonial disputes, especially where the spouses have genuinely settled their differences and the prospect of conviction is remote, quashing may be appropriate even for non-compoundable offences such as Sections 498A and 406 IPC. Genuine settlements in such cases should be encouraged, and a rigid insistence on non-compoundability may defeat justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176796