Kulwinder Singh vs State Of Punjab on 5 December, 2006
As per the Full Bench judgment of this Court in
Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR
(Criminal) 1052, High Court has power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to
allow the compounding of non-compoundable offence and quash the
prosecution where the High Court felt that the same was required to
prevent the abuse of the process of any Court or to otherwise secure
the ends of justice. This power of quashing is not confined to
matrimonial disputes alone.