IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 21189 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: October 31, 2011 Karamjit Singh alias Sathi .....Petitioner VERSUS Sate of Punjab & another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Naveen Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab, for the State. Mr. G.S. Jagpal, Advocate, for respondent No.2. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The prayer is for quashing of FIR No.76 dated 14.3.2010 registered under Sections 452, 506, 427 and 34 IPC, at Police Station P.S. Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana on the basis of compromise. Copy of the compromise is annexed with the petition as Annexure P-2. An FIR was got registered by respondent No.2 against the petitioner with the allegation that the complainant was running a cloth shop in house. Two sons of the complainant were running a shop of Punjab State Lottery at 47/100 J-Block, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana. As per the complainant, his sons had closed their lottery shop and were sitting at the cloth shop and talking to each other. Petitioner-Karamjit Singh alias Sethi, S/o Baldev Singh, came Crl. Misc. No. M- 21189 of 2011 -2- there along with his companions including Prince and Sunny. Karamjit Singh alias Sethi was armed with Kirtch. Prince was having a baseball bat in his hand, whereas Sunny was armed with iron rod. They came to the shop and threw the motor cycle and scooters which were lying parked at the outside of the shop and had trespassed into the shop with intention to kill the complainant. The complainant had saved his life after locking the door from inside the room. The accused persons kept on abusing them loudly challenging them to come out of the room on the basis of this, the FIR was registered. The challan is yet to be presented. Now the respecables of the area have intervened and have made the parties to settle their dispute amicably. Respondent No.2, who is the complainant, has stated that he is left with no grudge and that he does not wish to further prosecute the present FIR. As per the compromise, the complainant would not have any objection, if the present FIR and subsequent proceedings against the petitioner are quashed. To similar effect, the complainant- respondent has filed an affidavit in response to the notice. This reply/ affidavit is handed over in the Court and is taken on record. As per the law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, the settlement of dispute amicably especially of minor nature needs to be encouraged. Once the parties have reached compromise and settle their dispute, it would be futile to allow this prosecution to continue. The parties are also present in the Court and the complainant has stated before the Court that he Crl. Misc. No. M- 21189 of 2011 -3- does not wish to prosecute this FIR any further. In view of above, the present petition is allowed. FIR No.76 dated 14.3.2010 registered under Sections 452, 506, 427 and 34 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arise therefrom are hereby quashed. October 31, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE