IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-13047 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 18.5.2011. Gaurav alias Gauri ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. AG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. Mr. Pawan Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No.2 & 3. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) First Information Report No. 70 dated March 7th, 2011 was registered under Sections 323, 324 and 452 of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Division No.5, District Jalandhar against Gaurav alias Gauri on the statement of Hakam Singh and Ranjit Singh-respondents No.2 and 3. They have received injuries at the hands of the petitioner. By filing this petition, petitioner seeks quashing of aforesaid FIR on the ground that parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables. Hakam Singh and Ranjit Singh complainants-injured have tendered their affidavits (Annexures P-3 and P-4) stating that the matter has been compromised and they have no objection if the FIR and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The offence under Section 452 IPC is of course, 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. Criminal Misc. No. M-13047 of 2011 (O&M) (2) In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No. 70 dated March 7th, 2011 was registered under Sections 323, 324 and 452 of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Division No.5, District Jalandhar and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 18.5.2011. SN