KRISHNA KUMARI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY way of this petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, petitioner, the accused in FIR No.111 dated 14.09.2010 (Annexure P -1) recorded under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, at Police Station, Navi Baradari, District Jalandhar, seeks quashing of the aforesaid FIR by stating that the matter has been amicably settled between her and complainant/respondent No.2 as evidenced by compromise dated 30.09.2013 (Annexure P -2).

(2.) THE afore -stated FIR was recorded on the statement of respondent No.2, wherein he had alleged that he was cheated by the petitioner by executing a sale deed of the property of a dead person in favour of his wife and son. Now, the said respondent has sworn an affidavit dated 14.01.2014, wherein it has been stated that with the intervention of respectables, he has settled the matter with the petitioner. The compromise, Annexure P -2, contains a clause to the following effect: -

(3.) THE complainant is present in Court, through her counsel, and owns the compromise. Even though, it is stated by the learned State Counsel that the compromise is not in the knowledge of the State yet the learned State Counsel has no objection to quashing of the aforesaid FIR. .