IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-16596 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: September 07, 2011 Hardeepak Rai @ Hardeep Rai and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Ms.Rahish Pahwa Dudeja, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Sudhir Nehra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Sham Kumar – respondent No.2 and Sunil Kumar, both injured with their counsel Mr.B.S.Walia, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners have sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.216 dated September 16th, 2008, (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 148, 323, 341, 506 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Division No.7, Ludhiana. Complainant – respondent No.2, namely Sham Kumar and another injured Sunil Kumar have stated at bar that they have compromised the matter with the petitioners with the intervention of the relatives and friends. Compromise deed (Annexure P2) has also been placed on record. They state that there is no ill-will left. In the circumstances, there cannot be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. Thus, this Court is also of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.216 dated September 16th, 2008, (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 148, 323, 341, 506 read with Section 149 IPC in Police Station Division No.7, Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. September 07, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE