IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-33759 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 04.11.2011. Tejpal Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. J.S. Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Sr. D.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Complainant-respondent No.2 in person with Mr. Manoj Sharma, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) Petitioners are facing trial in case bearing First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.156 dated August 1st, 2010, under Sections 148, 323, 324, 341 and 452 read with Section 149 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Raikot, District Ludhiana Rural, Punjab (Annexure P-1). They seek quashing of FIR by filing this petition. 2. By order dated November 17th, 2010, Mehinder Singh Sullar, J. directed the trial Court to record the statements of the parties. In compliance with the same, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jagraon recorded the statements of the parties, whereby, they stated that they have compromised the matter. Compromise-deed/Affidavit (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record. In these circumstances, 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 Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. 3. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No. No.156 dated August 1st, 2010, under Sections 148, 323, 324, 341 and 452 read with Section 149 IPC, Police Station Raikot, District Ludhiana Rural, Punjab (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 04.11.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE