IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11288 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision: 14th January, 2009 Subhash Chand and another … Petitioners Versus Union Territory, Chandigarh and another … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. A.K. Goel, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Shekhawat, Addl. PP for UT Chandigarh. Mr. R.K. Chug, Advocate for Union of India. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Criminal Misc. No.608 of 2009 CM is allowed. Affidavit of the complainant J.P. Sharma (Annexure R-1) is taken on record. Criminal Misc. No. M-11288 of 2008 In the present case, FIR No. 97 dated 09.07.2005 was registered on the basis of statement made by J.P. Sharma, General Manager, Ordnance Cable Factory, at Police Station Industrial Area, Chandigarh, under Sections 342, 506, 34 IPC. In the FIR, it was stated that workers of the Ordnance Factory were on strike and the workers have forcibly prevented the officers to go outside and had closed the main gate of the factory. Thereafter, the Criminal Misc. No. M-11288 of 2008 (O&M) workman was charged for offence under Sections 342, 506, 34 IPC and further for offence under Section 506 read with Section 34 IPC. Thereafter, compromise deed (Annexure P-3) was arrived at between the Management and the workman. In the compromise, it was noticed that a departmental proceedings have been concluded. Subhash Chand and Sarwan had tendered unqualified apology and the compromise was arrived in order to promote healthy and congenial working atmosphere in the factory. Present petition was filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of the FIR and further proceedings on the basis of compromise. Notice of motion was issued. Mr.R.K. Chug has appeared for the management and the Union of India and has placed on record the affidavit of the General Manager, which has been taken on record as Annexure R-1. Taking into consideration, compromise deed (Annexure P-3) and the affidavit of the General Manager and also the stand of the counsel for Union of India that for promotion of harmonious industrial relations, the FIR should not stand as impediment, I am of the view that in the present case, FIR deserves to be quashed in view of the law laid down by a Full Bench of this Court in ‘Kulwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another’, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. Mr. N.S. Shekhawat, appearing for UT Chandigarh has no objection to quashing of the FIR. Accordingly, present petition is accepted and the FIR No.97 dated 09.07.2005, along with all subsequent proceedings, is quashed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE January 14, 2009 rps 2