CRM No. M-6229 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-6229 of 2011 Date of Decision: 04.07.2011 Mulakh Raj and others ..... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN. Present: Mr. G.S. Toor, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai, Dy.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1. None for respondent No.2. **** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'the Cr.P.C.') seeking quashing of FIR No.27 dated 22.01.2011 (Annexure P-1) registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC at Police Station Barnala District Barnala on the basis of compromise dated 19.02.2011 (Annexure P-2). When this case came up for preliminary hearing on 28.02.2011, this Court passed the following order:- “Notice of motion be issued to the respondents, returnable for 4.7.2011. The trial court is directed to send the report with regard to the validity or otherwise of the compromise (Annexure P-2) after recording the statement of all the concerned parties before the next date of hearing.” CRM No. M-6229 of 2011 ::2:: The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barnala, vide his letter No.589 dated 04.05.2011 has informed the Court that after recording the statements and hearing the parties he is satisfied that the compromise has been arrived at between the parties out of their own free will. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that though some of the offences are not compoundable in terms of Section 320 Cr.P.C., yet in view of the decision of the Hon'ble Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, even the offences which are not compoundable can be compounded and therefore, the FIR can be quashed. Learned counsel for the respondent No.1-State has not cited any judgment to the contrary. Hence, in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh (supra), the present petition is hereby allowed and the FIR (Annexure P-1) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JUDGE July 04, 2011 sukhpreet