Criminal Misc. No. M-27922 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-27922 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 31.10.2011. Hoshiar Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Petitioners in person with Mr. S.S. Siao, Advocate. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. A.G. Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Respondent No.2 in person with Mr. Vijay Rana, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.329 was registered under Sections 148, 380, 448, 454 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') against the petitioners on December 18th, 2010 in Police Station City Khanna, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and they have sought quashing thereof under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Quashing has been sought on the grounds that after registration of the case, parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of the respectables. Compromise-deed (Annexure P-2) has been placed on record. Respondent No.2 has stated at bar that he has no objection if the aforesaid FIR and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. 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 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. By quashing the FIR, the parties will be able to co-exist peacefully in future putting the end to the dispute Criminal Misc. No. M-27922 of 2011 (O&M) 2 for all times to come. In view of above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.329 dated December 18th, 2010, under Sections 148, 380, 448, 454 read with Section 149 IPC, Police Station City Khanna, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 31.10.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE