IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-5356 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.11.2011. Tarsem Lal and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Ramesh Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. A.G. Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Respondent No.2 and 3 in person with Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) Petitioners are facing trial in case bearing First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.4 dated January 16th, 2011, under Sections 148, 323 and 341 read with Section 149 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Machhiwara, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1). They seek quashing of FIR by filing this petition. 2. By order dated February 21st, 2011, Daya Chaudhary, J. directed the trial Court to record the statements of the parties. In compliance with the same, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Samrala recorded the statements of the parties, whereby, they stated that they have compromised the matter. Compromise-deed (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record. In these circumstances, 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. 3. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No. 4 dated January 16th, 2011, under Sections 148, 323 and 341 read with Section 149 IPC, Police Station Machhiwara, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 16.11.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE