IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (1) Criminal Misc. No. M-10665 of 2011. Date of Decision : 17.8.2011. Sepayia & others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & others ...... Respondents (2) Criminal Misc. No. M-10746 of 2011. Date of Decision : 17.8.2011. Baru & others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & another ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. B.S. Baath, Advocate & Ms. Charanjit Kaur, Advocate for Mr. B.S. Kathuria, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, AAG, Punjab. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By these petitions filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners seek quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No. 17 dated March 1st, 2010 under Sections 148, 323, 324 and 326 read with Section 149 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), registered in Police Station Kotli Surat Mali, District Batala. It has been pleaded that it is a cross version case and now parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables and common relatives. They have tendered Compromise-deed (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 Criminal Misc. No. M-10665 of 2011 (2) 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. In view of the above, the petitions are accepted, FIR No. 17 dated March 1st, 2010 under Sections 148, 323, 324 and 326 read with Section 149 IPC, registered in Police Station Kotli Surat Mali, District Batala and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 17.8.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE