IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 30601 of 2011(O&M) DATE OF DECISION: November 30, 2011 Jagroop Singh @ Jupa & others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. H.S. Dhandi Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab, for the State. Mr. Dinesh Trehan, Advocate, for respondent No.2. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. Ashwani Kaila has lodged the FIR No.146, dated 29.07.2011, registered under Sections 323/148/149/427/452/506 IPC, at Police Station Sahnewal, Distt. Ludhiana. He has now compromised with the petitioners, who are the accused in this case. It is stated that due to some misunderstanding, scuffle took place between the parties. Now all the differences have been resolved due to the intervention of the respectables of the area. The parties have compromised and the petitioners have shown repentance over their conduct. Respondent No.2 on his part has agreed to appear before the Court and make a statement that he would not have any objection in case the FIR in the present case is quashed. It is stated that permitting the prosecution to continue in this case would lead to wastage of time of the Court. This time is Crl. Misc. No. M- 30601 of 2011(O&M) -2- termed as valuable one. It is, thus, conceded by the petitioners that they have now realised the folly of continuing with this criminal litigation, which leads to wasting the time of the Court. The petitioners ought to have realized the same at the very initial stage and thus, could have saved all this time spent on this case. It is good that they have now realized that continuing with the case would be a waste of time only. The parties, however, cannot be permitted to escape from wasting the time of the Courts on a case which is now stated to be registered due to misunderstanding. They, thus, must compensate for the time which has been spent by Courts on this case due to their misadventure. In any case, FIR in such cases can be quashed on the basis of law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. However, parties need to put some terms for taking the time of this court for a dispute, which could have easily been resolved earlier as well. The present petition is, accordingly, allowed. FIR No.146, dated 29.07.2011, registered under Sections 323/148/149/427/ 452/506 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed, but subject to payment of `5000/- as costs, to be deposited with the accounts of State Legal Services Authority, Punjab. If the costs is not deposited within one month, then the FIR would stand revived. November 30, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE