IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11880 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.11.2011. Ranjit Kaur and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Ramesh Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Respondents No.2 and 3 in person with Mr. Ramandeep Singh, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Petitioners have sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.7 dated January 14th, 2011, under Sections 406, 420/120-B of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Shimla Puri, Ludhiana (Annexure P-1). 2. Respondent No.2 and 3 present in court with their counsel have tendered their affidavits (Annexures R-1 and R-2) and stated at bar that they have compromised the matter with the petitioners with the intervention of the respectables. The dispute between the parties was of personal nature. In view of this, there should not be any impediment in allowing the parties to compromise the matter. Support to this view can be had from the authority 'Madan Mohan Abbot Vs. State of Punjab' 2008 (2) RCR (Criminal) 429, wherein, Hon'ble Supreme Court has ruled that in such type of cases, where the dispute is of personal nature, Court should ordinarily, accept the compromise. 3. In view of above, petition is accepted. Consequently, FIR No.7 dated January 14th, 2011, under Sections 406, 420/120-B of IPC, Police Station Shimla Puri, Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 22.11.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE