IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 21314 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : November 21, 2008 Makhan Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Naresh Prabhakar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. IPS Sidhu, Sr. DAG Punjab Mr. Satinder Rana, Advocate, for respondent no. 2 Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 118 dated 21.11.1999 under Sections 323, 341, 506, 427, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Sadar Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Petitioner is stated to be now facing this case before the trial court. The offence in this case was committed in the year 1999 and thereafter the petitioner failed to appear before the trial court and ultimately he was declared as a proclaimed offender in September, 2002 as he is stated to have left the country. He has returned back in the month of July, 2008. In the given facts and circumstances, the petitioner is not entitled for quashing of the aforesaid FIR by taking the benefit of his own wrongs. Criminal Misc. -M No. 21314 of 2008 (O&M) -2- However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to move an application before the trial court for compounding of the offences alleged to have committed by the petitioner, if some compromise is there between the parties and the trial court is directed to consider the same in accordance with law. ( Pritam Pal ) November 21, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'