CRM NO. M-25487 OF 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM NO. M-25487 OF 2010 (O&M) DECIDED ON : 29.11.2011 Iqbal Singh ...Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. C. PURI Present : Mr. Gurcharan Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Simsi Dhir Malhotra, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Navjeet Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.2. K. C. PURI, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing FIR No.37 dated 13.02.2010 under Sections 406/420 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1), on the basis of compromise(Annexure P-2), along with all subsequent proceedings arising from that FIR. Report of the trial Court has been received along with statement made by Avtaar Singh-complainant and Iqbal Singh- CRM NO. M-25487 OF 2010 (O&M) -2- present petitioner. In the statement made before the trial Court by Avtar Singh, he has stated as under :- “I have lodged the FIR against the accused Iqbal Singh etc. I have compromised the matter with the accused. Now I agree with the petition which was filed by accused person before Hon'ble High Court and this case is adjourned to 29/11/11. I do not want to pursue with the above said FIR. I made the statement without any pressure and with my free consent.” In the statement made by Iqbal Singh, it is mentioned that the matter has been compromised. Avtar Singh-respondent No.2 (complainant) is present in Court and has been identified by his counsel by Shri Navjeet Singh, Advocate. He has stated at the bar that the he has compromised the matter. The matter involved is personal in nature which has been amicably settled. So, in view of the above circumstances and in view of authority reported as, “Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others” 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, the above said FIR stands quashed. Further proceedings in pursuant to that FIR also stands quashed. Disposed of. NOVEMBER 29, 2011 (K. C. PURI) shalini JUDGE