IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-7668 of 2010 Date of Decision: March 16, 2010 Dilbagh Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioners. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing FIR No.3 dated 3.1.2010 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 380, 427, 506, 149 IPC and Section 3(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, registered with Police Station, Nakodar, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that parties have settled all their disputes amicably. Compromise/ settlement deed has been executed which has been placed on record as Annexure P-2 and is dated 5.2.2010. Crl. Misc. No. M-7668 of 2010 [2] Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Ms. Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.1. Complete copy of the petition has been supplied. Heard. It transpires that investigation in the case is still going on. In such circumstances, it would be appropriate for the investigating officer to consider the compromise deed and thereafter take a decision and file a final report. The petition is disposed of with direction to the investigating officer to take notice of the compromise effected between the parties. The investigating officer would also be required to take into account the contents of this petition and only thereafter the investigation process would be concluded. (AJAI LAMBA) March 16, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?