IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-36601 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 6.12.2011. Malkinder Singh ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Lallit Rishi, Advocate for Mr. Manish Soni, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. AG, Punjab. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioner seeks quashing of First Information Report No.255 dated December 24th, 2009, registered under Sections 148, 380, 427 and 452/120-B read with Section 149 IPC in Police Station Sadar, Phagwara, District Kapurthala. By order dated December 14th, 2010, Jaswant Singh. J. directed the parties to appear before the trial Court and the trial Court was directed to record the statements of the parties. In compliance with the same, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Phagwara recorded the statements of the parties whereby they have stated that they have compromised the matter and added that there is no ill-will left and they want to live in peace and harmony in future. The offences, for which the petitioner is 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 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 petition is accepted, FIR No.255 dated December 24th, 2009, registered under Sections 148, 380, 427 and 452/120-B read with Section 149 IPC in Police Station Sadar, Phagwara, District Kapurthala and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 6.12.2011. (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE