Criminal Misc. No. M-22307 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-22307 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.10.2011. Baljit Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Petitioners in person with Mr. Tarsem Singh, Advocate. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, A.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Respondents No.2 & 3 in person with Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) Petitioners, by filing this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, seek quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.74 dated June 2nd, 2011, registered under Sections 323, 341 and 506 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Kurali, District S.A.S. Nagar (Annexure P-1). 2. Quashing has been sought on the grounds that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables and common relatives. Petitioners No.1 and 2 are brothers and petitioner No.3 is nephew of respondent No.3. They have tendered Compromise-deed/Affidavit (Annexure P-2) and added that there is no ill-will left and they want to live in peace and harmony in future. Indeed, the offences, for which the petitioners are facing trial, are non-compoundable. Notwithstanding that, there can not be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Criminal Misc. No. M-22307 of 2011 (O&M) 2 Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. By quashing the FIR, the parties will be able to co-exist peacefully in future putting the end to the dispute for all times to come. 3. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.74 dated June 2nd, 2011, registered under Sections 323, 341 and 506 read with Section 34 IPC in Police Station Kurali, District S.A.S. Nagar (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 18.10.2011. (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE