JUDGMENT 1. - This Criminal Misc. Petition has been preferred by the petitioner with the prayer for quashing the proceedings pending against the petitioner in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate No.2, Udaipur (for short 'the trial court' hereinafter) in Criminal Case No.606/2010 - State of Rajasthan v. Ravi Khanna . 2. Brief facts of the case are that on the basis of a complaint filed by the respondent No.2 a case was registered against the petitioner for the offence under Sections 323 and 498A IPC. After investigation police filed charge sheet against the petitioner before the competent court, wherein the petitioner is facing trial for the aforesaid offence. 3. During the pendency of the trial, an application was preferred on behalf of the petitioner as well as the respondent No.2 while stating that both the parties have entered into compromise and, therefore, the proceedings pending against the petitioner for the offence under Section 323 IPC may be terminated. The learned trial court vide order dated 17.01.2014 allowed the parties to compound the offence under Section 323 IPC. On the very same day another application filed on behalf of the parties to compound the offence under Section 498A IPC has been rejected by the trial court. 4. Being aggrieved with this the petitioner has preferred this Criminal Misc. Petition for quashing the said proceedings against him. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the complainant-respondent No.2 and the petitioner have already entered into compromise and on the basis of it the petitioner has been acquitted for the offence punishable under Section 323 IPC, therefore, there is no possibility of conviction of the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 498A IPC. It is also argued that no useful purpose would be served by continuing the trial against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 498A IPC because the same may derail the compromise arrived at between the parties. 6. Learned counsel for the respondent No.2 has admitted that the parties have already entered into compromise and respondent No.2 does not want to press the charges against the petitioner in relation to offence punishable under Section 498A IPC. 7. The Hon'ble Apex Court while answering a reference in the case of Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr. reported in JT 2012(9) SC - 426 has held as below:- "57. 7. The Hon'ble Apex Court while answering a reference in the case of Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr. reported in JT 2012(9) SC - 426 has held as below:- "57. The position that emerges from the above discussion can be summarised thus: the power of the High Court in quashing a criminal proceeding or FIR or complaint in exercise of its inherent jurisdiction is distinct and different from the power given to a criminal court for compounding the offences under Section 320 of the Code. Inherent power is of wide plenitude with no statutory limitation but it has to be exercised in accord with the guideline engrafted in such power viz; (i) to secure the ends of justice or (ii) to prevent abuse of the process of any Court. In what cases power to quash the criminal proceeding or complaint or F.I.R may be exercised where the offender and victim have settled their dispute would depend on the facts and circumstances of each case and no category can be prescribed. However, before exercise of such power, the High Court must have due regard to the nature and gravity of the crime. Heinous and serious offences of mental depravity or offences like murder, rape, dacoity, etc. cannot be fittingly quashed even though the victim or victim's family and the offender have settled the dispute. Such offences are not private in nature and have serious impact on society. Similarly, any compromise between the victim and offender in relation to the offences under special statutes like Prevention of Corruption Act or the offences committed by public servants while working in that capacity etc; cannot provide for any basis for quashing criminal proceedings involving such offences. But the criminal cases having overwhelmingly and pre-dominatingly civil flavour stand on different footing for the purposes of quashing, particularly the offences arising from commercial, financial, mercantile, civil, partnership or such like transactions or the offences arising out of matrimony relating to dowry, etc. or the family disputes where the wrong is basically private or personal in nature and the parties have resolved their entire dispute. or the family disputes where the wrong is basically private or personal in nature and the parties have resolved their entire dispute. In this category of cases, High Court may quash criminal proceedings if in its view, because of the compromise between the offender and victim, the possibility of conviction is remote and bleak and continuation of criminal case would put accused to great oppression and prejudice and extreme injustice would be caused to him by not quashing the criminal case despite full and complete settlement and compromise with the victim. In other words, the High Court must consider whether it would be unfair or contrary to the interest of justice to continue with the criminal proceeding or continuation of the criminal proceeding would tantamount to abuse of process of law despite settlement and compromise between the victim and wrongdoer and whether to secure the ends of justice, it is appropriate that criminal case is put to an end and if the answer to the above question(s) is in affirmative, the High Court shall be well within its jurisdiction to quash the criminal proceeding." 8. Having considered the facts and circumstances and looking to the case that the petitioner and respondent No.2 have resolved their dispute amicably, there is no possibility of accused-petitioner being convicted in the case pending against him. When once the matrimonial disputes have been settled by the mutual compromise, then no useful purpose would be served by keeping the criminal proceedings pending. 9. Keeping in view the observations made by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Gian Singh's case (supra), this Court is of the opinion that it is a fit case for exercising powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing the criminal proceedings against the petitioner. 10. Accordingly, this Criminal Misc. Petition is allowed and the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate No.2, Udaipur in Criminal Case No.606/2010 - State of Rajasthan v. Ravi Khanna are hereby quashed.Petition allowed. *******