IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17462 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.11.2011. Jagjit Singh @ Jagga and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Sr. D.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Complainant-respondent No.2 in person. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) Petitioners are facing trial in case bearing First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.74 dated March 5th, 2009, under Sections 323, 324, 427 and 452 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Kapurthala City, District Kapurthala (Annexure P-1). They seek quashing of FIR by filing this petition. 2. By order dated June 1st, 2011, Daya Chaudhary, J. directed the trial Court to record the statements of the parties. In compliance with the same, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kapurthala recorded the statements of the parties, whereby, they stated that they have compromised the matter. Compromise-deed (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.74 dated March 5th, 2009, under Sections 323, 324, 427 and 452 read with Section 34 IPC, Police Station Kapurthala City, District Kapurthala (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 14.11.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE