IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17705 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: December 13, 2011 Manoj Nanda and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.L.M.Gulati, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Palwinder Singh, Sr. Deputy Additional Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Gurjit Singh – complainant/respondent No.2 with his counsel Mr.Davinder Kumar, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This petition has been filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.157 dated December 18 th, 2010, registered under Section 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Cantonment, District Amritsar City, on the basis of compromise. 2. Compromise-deed (Annexure P2) has been placed on record. Gurjit Singh – complainant/respondent No.2 is also present in person and while admitting the compromise, he has stated that the matter has been amicably settled with the intervention of the respectables and relatives. He has also filed his affidavit (Annexure R1) on record. Since, the dispute between the parties was of personal nature, therefore, there should not be any impediment in allowing the parties to compromise the matter. Support to this view can be had from the authority 'Madan Mohan Abbot Vs. State of Punjab' 2008 (2) RCR (Criminal) 429, wherein, Hon'ble Supreme Court has ruled that in such type of cases, where the dispute is of personal nature, Court should ordinarily, accept the compromise. 3. In view of above, petition is accepted. Consequently, FIR No.157 dated December 18 th, 2010, registered under Section 420 read with Section 34 IPC in Police Station Cantonment, District Amritsar City and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. December 13, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE