IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-21631 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 01.09.2011. Sher Singh and others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ranbir Singh Rawat, A.A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1 – State. Respondents No.2 and 3 in person with Mr. G.S. Jagpal, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioners seek quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.140 dated June 15th, 2009, under Sections 148, 186 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), Police Station Jagraon, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1). Quashing has been sought on the grounds that after registration of the case, parties have compromised the matter. Gurpreet Mohinder Singh Sidhu and Dilbagh Singh, respondents No.2 and 3, respectively, have tendered their affidavits. 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 for all times to come. In view of above, the petition is accepted, FIR No. 140 dated June 15th, 2009, under Sections 148, 186 and 353 IPC, Police Station Jagraon, District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 01.09.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) neetu JUDGE