Criminal Misc. No. M-32343 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-32343 of 2008 Date of Decision: 7.1.2009 Surjit Singh alias Soni and Another …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Ms. G.K. Mann, Advocate for the petitioners. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Petitioners herein were convicted and sentenced by the Court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Baba Bakala on 10.7.2007. Aggrieved against the same, they have filed appeals. The appeals are pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar. It is stated that separate appeals are pending before the two different Additional Sessions Judge at Amritsar. Learned Sessions Judge, Amritsar, shall club the appeals. Ms. Mann has submitted that during pendency of appeals, a compromise has been arrived between the parties. Learned Appellate Court shall verify the factum of compromise. It has been always held by the Courts that compromise between the parties is a finest hour, therefore, the same should be taken into consideration as a mitigating circumstance. Law is well-settled that Criminal Misc. No. M-32343 of 2008 2 compromise as mitigating circumstance is taken into consideration while pronouncing the sentence. Learned counsel for the petitioners has cited two judgments before me. The judgments cited before the concerned Appellate Court shall take into consideration the compromise as a mitigating circumstance. With these observations, the present petition is disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge January 7, 2009 “DK”