IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-24953 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 28.9.2011 Jaspal Singh alias Jassa and others ….Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Amandeep Soni, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, AAG, Punjab. Kulwinder Singh alias Pala-complainant & Santokh Lal-injured in person. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners seek quashing of First Information Report (for short `FIR’) No.67 dated June 15th, 2011 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 148,324,326 and 452 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC’) in Police Station Goraya, District Jalandhar. Grounds pleaded are that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables. Compromise deed (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record. Kulwinder Singh-complainant and Santokh Lal-injured are present in person. They state that there is no ill- will left and they want to live in peace and harmony in future, and have no objection if the aforesaid FIR and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. In the circumstances, there cannot 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. Thus, this Court is also of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. Criminal Misc. No. M-24953 of 2011 -2- In view of the above, the petition is accepted, No.67 dated June 15th, 2011 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 148,324,326 and 452 read with Section 149 of the IPC in Police Station Goraya, District Jalandhar and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 28.09.2011 Ishwar