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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. /2023 (@ SLP (CRL.) NO. 563/2023)
KAMAL PREET MALHOTRA APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
We have heard learned counsel appearing
for the appellant and learned counsels appearing for
the respondent-State and for the complainant.
Learned counsel for the appellant submits
that the parties have entered into a compromise and
the prosecutrix does not want to press the charges.
Our attention has been drawn to Annexure P-4 which
is a compromise deed entered into between the
petitioner and the prosecutrix. Paragraph 3, 4 and 5
of said compromise deed reads as under:-
“3. That Party No. 2 is of the age of 24 years and the party no. 1 is married, having a small kid of age of 12 years keeping in view the young age of the party no. 2 and her future prospects and the welfare of the family and the little kid of the party no. 1, both the parties have agreed to enter into
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compromise and lead their peaceful life and to avoid the process of litigation.
4. That now the elders and respectable of the society of both the parties, entered into a compromise. The compromise has been affected without any undue influence or coercion and on the free will of the party no. 2.
5. That now the complainant party no. 2 do not have any kind of objection if the abovesaid FIR will quashe...