Mutual cancellation of suits done how to quash HC pending case

There are certain similarities and differences between compounding and quashing a case on the basis of compromise and hence, quashing of a criminal proceeding upon a compromise is well within the discretionary power of the Court. While the power under Section 320 CrPC is cribbed, cabined and confined, the power under Section 482 CrPC is vast, unparallel and paramount. On facts the High Court opined that it was a case where the fight between the parties had occurred on the spur and heat of the moment and the assault was more a crime ‘against an individual’, rather than ‘against the society at large’.