Bakhshish Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.
Case at a glance
- Decided
- 27 Sep 2012
- Bench
- JITENDRA CHAUHAN
Outcome
Quashed
proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua petitioner
Provisions considered
Judgment
Operative part
CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr.R.S.Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Luvinder Sofat, AAG Punjab Mr.Sandeep Kumar, Advocate for respondent No.2 JITENDRA CHAUHAN J. ***** This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed for quashing of FIR No.64 dated 19.04.2007, registered under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (for short, 'the IPC') and under Section 5/31 of Domestic Violence Act, 2005, at Police Station Sadar Tarn Taran (Annexure P-1) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. After issuing the notice of motion, the parties were directed to appear before the trial Court for getting their statements recorded. In compliance of the order dated 13.08.2012 report of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tarn Taran, dated 27.08.2012, has been received to the effect that the parties have arrived at an out of Court settlement and the said settlement is genuine and without any pressure. In view of the above and taking into consideration the law laid Criminal Misc.M-No.12883 of 2012(O & M) 2 down by the Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052, this petition is allowed and FIR No.64 dated 19.04.2007, registered under Section 498-A IPC and under Section 5/31 of Domestic Violence Act, 2005, at Police Station Sadar Tarn Taran (Annexure P-1) and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua petitioner Bakhshish Singh.
27.09.2012 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) JUDGE
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua petitioner
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482; Indian Penal Code, 1860; Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — ss. 5, 31.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, on 27 Sep 2012. The bench was JITENDRA CHAUHAN.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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