2019 (1) TMI 1903

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....08.12.2018 (Annexure P3). 2. Learned counsel for the parties have stated that the present FIR may be quashed as the parties have amicably settled the dispute. 3. During the course of preliminary hearing, the trial Court was directed to record the statements of all the concerned parties, with regard to the genuineness and validity or otherwise of the compromise by this Court. 4. In compliance thereof, report from the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Samrala, has been received through District and Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, with statement of parties, in which, it has been mentioned that the compromise is genuine and there was no undue influence or coercion from any side. 5. The Hon'ble Full Bench of this Court in case Kulwinder Singh vs.....

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....ave due regard to the nature and gravity of the crime. Heinous and serious offences of mental depravity or offences like murder, rape, dacoity, etc. cannot be fittingly quashed even though the victim or victim's family and the offender have settled the dispute. Such offences are not private in nature and have serious impact on society. Similarly, any compromise between the victim and offender in relation to the offences under special statutes like Prevention of Corruption Act or the offences committed by public servants while working in that capacity etc; cannot provide for any basis for quashing criminal proceedings involving such offences. But the criminal cases having overwhelmingly and pre-dominatingly civil flavour stand on differe....