Criminal Proceeding Can be Quashed at any stage after Invoking Power u/s 482 of Cr.P.C if settlement arrived between the Parties even after conviction/Punishment.
In the Matter of Soban vs State of kerla in Crl. Appeal No.1587/2006, The Hon’ble Kerla High Court held that :- ( only for Information) The decision of the Apex Court in Nikhil Merchant (supra) where relying upon the decision in Joshi (supra), the Apex Court took note of the settlement arrived at between the parties and quashed the criminal proceedings for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 r/w 120B of I.P.C. and held that since the criminal proceedings had the overtone of a civil dispute which have been amicably settled between the parties, it was a fit case where technicality should not be allowed to stand in the way of quashing of the criminal proceedings since the continuance of the same after the compromise arrived at between the parties would be a futile exercise. In Manoj Sharma (supra) also, the Supreme Court took the view that once the disputes are settled between the parties amicably, High Court cannot refuse to exercise the ...