CRM No.M- 18078 of 2011 (O & M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 07.07.2011 (i) CRM No.M- 18078 of 2011 (O & M) Pargat Singh ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents (ii) CRM No.M- 18076 of 2011 (O & M) Bachiter Singh and others ..... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents (iii) CRM No.M- 18079 of 2011 (O & M) Bachiter Singh and others ..... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN. Present: Mr. Vivek Goel, Advocate, for the petitioner. (in CRM No.M-18078 of 2011 for respondent No.2 in CRM No.M-18076 of 2011 and for respondents No.2 to 6 in CRM No.M-18079 of 2011). Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai, DAG, Punjab, for respondent No.1 (in all the three petitions). Mr.K.B.S. Mann, Advocate, for respondent No.2, (in CRM No.M-18078 of 2011 and for the petitioners in CRM Nos.M-18076 and 18079 of 2011). **** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of three connected petitions bearing CRM No.M-18078 of 2011 (O & M), CRM No.M-18076 of 2011 (O & M) CRM No.M- 18078 of 2011 (O & M) ::2:: and CRM No.M-18079 of 2011 (O & M). The said three petitions have been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short-'the Cr.P.C.') for quashing of the FIR (Annexure P-1 in all the said three petitions). The details of the FIRs in the said three petitions is as under:- (i) FIR No.230 dated 28.12.2009 registered under Sections 323, 324, 506 and 34 IPC at Police Station Sadar Abohar, District Ferozepur, (Section 326 IPC was added later on in FIR i.e. Annexure P-1 in CRM No.M-18078 of 2011). (ii) FIR No.83 dated 23.06.2008 registered under Section 326, 323, 324, 148 and 149 IPC at Police Station Lambi District Sri Muktsar Sahib (Annexure P-1 in CRM No.M-18076 of 2011). (iii) FIR No.148 dated 01.12.2009 registered under Sections 307, 427, 148 and 149 IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station Lambi. The petitioners in all the aforementioned petitions seek quashing of the said FIRs on the basis of compromise, which has been appended in all the cases as (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the parties in all the said three cases are closely related who have now burried the hatchet on the asking of the respectables of the village and further submitted that they do not want to pursue their respective cases before the Court of law. In view of the decision of the Full Bench of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, this Court, in order to bring harmony and peace in the society, can compound and quash the FIR. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and In view of the law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in the case of CRM No.M- 18078 of 2011 (O & M) ::3:: Kulwinder Singh (supra), the aforementioned petitions are hereby allowed and the FIR (Annexure P-1 in the petitions mentioned hereinabove) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JUDGE July 07, 2011 sukhpreet