Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 482–Criminal Proceedings–For which offences it can be quashed ?–Held, offences which are overwhelmingly and predominantly bearing civil flavour having arisen out of civil mercantile, commercial, financial, partnership or the offences related to matrimony particularly relating to dowry or the family disputes where the wrong is basically to victim and the offender and victim have settled all disputes between them amicably, irrespective of such fact that such offences have not been made compoundable, the High Court may within the framework of its inherent powers, can quash the criminal proceedings, or criminal complaint or FIR if it is satisfied that on the fact of such statement, there is hardly any likelihood of offender being convicted and by not quashing the criminal proceedings, justice shall be casually and the ends of justice shall be defeated.
