CRM No. M-8418 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-8418 of 2010 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: November 9, 2011 Lakhvir Singh and another .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. N.L. Sammi, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Rahul Bhargav, Advocate, for respondent No. 2 . Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate, for the applicants. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. (ORAL) The petitioner No. 1 is a Proclaimed Offender. He is seeking quashing of the proceedings on the basis of a compromise. The submission by the Counsel for the petitioner No. 1 is that two of the accused are already no more and two have been acquitted. Thus, the petitioner No. 1 alone is now left to face the prosecution. Even if that is the position, the petitioner No. 1 has to first submit himself before the Court of law to earn even hearing of his plea for quashing of the proceedings on the basis of the compromise. Allowing persons who are Proclaimed Offender to go scot free by CRM No. M-8418 of 2010 (O&M) 2 entering into compromise would make them look a different class who show no respect for Court of law but come to the higher Court for preferential treatment. No proclaimed offender has ever or would ever approach the Court for his conviction, if his co-accused is convicted. In that event, he would ask for complete trial. Such person must appear before trial Court before seeking any protection of law. Incidentally, now they have to face the rigour of Section 174-A of IPC, a newly added offence. The petitioner No. 1, if so advised, may appear before trial Court and take any plea on the basis of compromise. As per Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate, who has filed application on behalf of injured to become party, there is no compromise which rendered as is being referred by the petitioner No. 1. All these issues have to be considered by the trial Court. The present petition is dismissed. November 9, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) amodh JUDGE