Crl. Misc. No.M-840 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-840 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on : 04-08-2011 Gurinder Singh and others ....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. Varun Baanth, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab Mr. Manish Soni, Advocate for respondent no.2. MAHESH GROVER, J Reply on behalf of respondents - State has been filed in the Court today and the same is taken on record. A copy thereof has been supplied to the counsel opposite. This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying for quashing of FIR no. 55 dated 28.5.2009 registered under Sections 341, 323, 379, 506, 120-B IPC at Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during the pendency of the proceedings pursuant to the FIR, the parties have resolved their differences amicably and in view of this, they do not wish to pursue with the litigation any further. On 13.1.2011, this Court directed the parties to appear before the Trial Court and get their statements recorded in support of their claim that the matter has been compromised. Trial Court was also directed to send Crl. Misc. No.M-840 of 2011 (O&M) 2 the report about the factum of compromise and also the fact that such statements were not result of any undue pressure or coercion. Report has since been received from the concerned Court and according to it, petitioners as well as respondent no.2 have appeared and got recorded their statements on their own free will in support of their compromise. In view of the above facts and also keeping in view the observations of Full Bench in Kulwinder Singh versus State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald 2225, the instant petition is allowed. Consequently, FIR no. 55 dated 28.5.2009 registered under Sections 341, 323, 379, 506, 120-B IPC at Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua the petitioners. August 04, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge