CRM No. M-25833 of 2010 (O & M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-25833 of 2010 (O & M) Date of Decision: 13.07.2011 Jaswinder Singh Riar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN. Present: Mr. G.S. Pannu, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai, Dy.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1. Mr.Shiv Anand, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3. **** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'the Cr.P.C.') for quashing of FIR No.47 dated 24.02.2004 registered under Sections 406, 420 and 506 IPC at Police Station Phase-I, Mohali (Annexure P-1) on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). As per allegations in the FIR, the dispute between the parties is regarding money. Notice of motion motion was issued on 09.09.2010. On 10.01.2011, this Court passed the following order:- “The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner for quashing of FIR No.47 dated 24.02.2004 under Sections 406, 420 and 506 IPC registered at Police Station Phase I, Mohali on the basis of compromise annexed as Annexure P-2 with the petition. CRM No. M-25833 of 2010 (O & M) ::2:: Adjourned to 21.02.2011. Meanwhile, the parties are directed to be present before the trial Court on 27.01.2011 or any other date convenient to the Court to record statements of the parties. The trial Court is directed to record the statements of both the parties. The trial Court is directed to record the statements of both the parties to its satisfaction to know its genuineness that the statements are not the result of any pressure or coercion in any manner. The trial Court is directed to send a report with regard to validity or otherwise of the compromise effected between the parties before the next date of hearing”. In terms of the aforesaid order, the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Mohali vide letter No.40 dated 01.02.2011 has informed this Court that a compromise has been effected between the parties without any coercion or pressure. In view of the fact that the matter has been finally resolved, according to the decision of the Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, these offences can be compounded and the FIR can be quashed. In terms of the compromise (Annexure P-2 ), the present petition is hereby allowed and the FIR (Annexure P-1) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JUDGE July 13, 2011 sukhpreet