HIMMAT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal misc. petition under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the petitioner with the prayer for quashing the FIR No. 12/2023 registered at Police Station Falasiya, Udaipur for the offence under Ss. 376, 344 of IPC and the entire criminal proceedings pursuant thereto qua the petitioner.

(2.) Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the complainant-respondent No. 2 and the petitioner have already entered into compromise and on the basis of it, there is no possibility of conviction of the petitioner for the offences punishable under Ss. 376, 344 of IPC. It is also argued that no useful purpose would be served by continuing the trial against the petitioner for the aforesaid offences because the same may derail the compromise arrived at between the parties.

(3.) Learned counsel for the respondent No. 2 has admitted that the parties have already entered into compromise and resolved their dispute amicably and the respondent No. 2 does not want to press the charges levelled against the petitioner in relation to offences punishable under Ss. 376, 344 of IPC.