2022 (5) TMI 1592

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....me to be registered. Same is not disputed by the IO present in court. 2.0 Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record, the judgement of co-ordinate Bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court dated 01.08.2018 in Vikas Gupta v. State of Haryana and Ors., in support of his plea, that if the main offence is compounded, the court can take lenient view to quash the FIR even under Section 174A IPC. 3.0 Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the petitioner/accused was even admitted to anticipatory bail vide order dated 20.02.2020. 4.0 Mr G.M. Farooqui, Ld. Prosecutor submits that he is not challenging the proposition of law as laid down in the above judgement. However, it may send a wrong signal to the accused persons to ev....

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....red into settlement without any pressure or coercion from any one, and that he has received the settlement amount of Rs.2,25,000/- in full. He also states that has no objection to the quashing of the FIR. The petitioner also confirms that he has made the payment of the aforesaid amount voluntarily. 5. In these circumstances, the principal offence under Section 420 of the IPG being compoundable, the only question required to be considered is whether the alleged offence under Section 174A of the IPG ought to be quashed upon the settlement having been entered into between the accused and the complainant. Learned counsel for the parties seek some time to address this issue. They are at liberty to place on record copies of the Trial Court Rec....