IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 16826 of 2011 Date of decision: 16.12.2011 Lovepreet Singh @ Lovely and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. K.S. Kahlon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab for the State. Mr. Ajay Arora, Advocate for respondents No. 2 and 3. ***** RANJIT SINGH J. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing the FIR No. 127 dated 12.12.2010, which is registered under Sections 382, 506, 148 and 149 IPC at Police Station Sri Hargobindpur District Gurdaspur on the basis of compromise. This FIR was registered by Harinderpal Singh, respondent No. 2. The allegations contained in the FIR reveal that an amount of ` 23,000/- and another sum of ` 350/- alongwith mobile phones were snatched from the complainant and Yusuf Sandhu (respondent No. 3). The petitioners knew the complainant as they had seen them frequently in the vicinity of Bus Stand Harchowal. Since this was a case of snatching of property by the petitioners, who are young boys, the Court considered it essential to ascertain their antecedents. The State counsel was directed to ascertain if there is any allegation, otherwise, made Crl. Misc. No. M- 16826 of 2011 -2- against the petitioners or if there is any FIR pending against them. The State counsel after inquiry has confirmed that the petitioners are not involved in any other case. Since the petitioners are young boys and have shown their remorse, they need to be corrected at this young age so that they do not go astray in life and future. On account of this and the fact that some of the petitioners are now looking for fruitful career in their life, it would be essential to show some consideration to them. The complainant as well as respondent No. 3 both are present before the Court and they have confirmed that they have entered into the compromise with the petitioners. As per the complainant, now they are not left with any grievance against each other and their disputes and differences have been sorted out. Any trial of the petitioners may lead to their degeneration in life and, thus, this would be an appropriate case where compromise should be taken into consideration to bring an end to this criminal prosecution against these boys, who have somehow gone astray. In view of ratio of law laid down in Kulwinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others 2007(3) RCR (Cri.) 1052, the prayer for quashing the FIR on the basis of compromise can always be allowed. The present petition is, accordingly, allowed. FIR No. 127 dated 12.12.2010 registered under Sections 382, 506, 148 and 149 IPC at Police Station Sri Hargobindpur District Gurdaspur and all subsequent proceedings are hereby quashed. December 16, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE