IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-24435 of 2008 Date of Decision: November 05, 2008 Balwinder Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.S. Sekhon & Mr. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocates, for the petitioners. Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Arshdeep S. Sivia, Advocate, for respondent No.2. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing FIR No.111 dated 4.9.2003 lodged for commission of offence under Section(s) 440, 447, 427, 506, 148, 149 IPC, Police Station, Kot Ise Khan, Tehsil Raikot, District Moga. Reply filed on behalf of respondent No.2 is taken on record. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the petitioners and respondent No.2 – complainant are related. All the disputes have been Crl. Misc. No. M-24435 of 2008 [2] settled by way of compromise. Compromise deed has been placed on record as Annexure P-2. Respondent No.2-complainant does not want to prosecute the petitioners. Respondent No.2-complainant, Sukhwinder Singh son of Kartar Singh, as identified by his counsel, Mr. Arshdeep S. Sivia, Advocate, is present in Court, and has endorsed the factum of compromise. The complainant states that he wants to live in peace and harmony with the petitioners and does not want to pursue the matter. Learned counsel for the respondent- State says that if the case is quashed on the basis of compromise, the State would have no objection. Considering the nature of evidence; petitioners and respondent No.2-complainant are related with each other and are resident of the same area and belong to the same farmers fraternity; respondent No.2-complainant is not ready and willing to continue with prosecution of the petitioners, it would be an exercise in futility to allow proceedings continue against the petitioners, it would be rather in the interest of peace and harmony if the proceedings are put to rest in view of the compromise. In view of the above, the petition is allowed. FIR No.111 dated 4.9.2003 lodged for Crl. Misc. No. M-24435 of 2008 [3] commission of offence under Section(s) 440, 447, 427, 506, 148, 149 IPC, Police Station, Kot Ise Khan, Tehsil Raikot, District Moga, is quashed. (AJAI LAMBA) November 05, 2008 JUDGE avin