IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-12761 of 2009 (O/M). Date of Decision : July 07, 2009. Manjit Singh @ Joji s/o Mohan Singh r/o Vilage Gahoon Tehsil Balachaur, District Nawanshahr. ...... Petitioner. Versus. State of Punjab, and another. ..... Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH. Present:- Mr. Daldeep Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Aman Deep Singh Rai, A.A.G. Punjab, for the respondent No. 1-State. Mr. Harish Goyal, Advocate, for the complainant-respondent No. 2. AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL). The present petition has been preferred by Manjit Singh @ Joji s/o Mohan Singh r/o Village Gahoon Tehsil Balachaur, District Nawanshahr, praying therein for quashing of F.I.R. No. 68 dated 12.07.2009 under Section 323, 341, 506, 34 I.P.C., registered at P.S. Balachaur, wherein respondent No. 1 and one Rinku @ Chandergupt s/o Swarn Dass r/o Balachaur, were arrayed as accused. Counsel for the petitioner submits that a compromise has been entered into between the petitioner and Rinku @ Chandergupt on the one side and Baljinder Singh s/o Kuldeep Singh-respondent No. 2, who is complainant in the F.I.R., vide compromise deed dated 04.08.2008. According to the said compromise, the parties on the intervention of the Criminal Misc. No. M-12761 of 2009. elders and respectables have entered into an amicable settlement, according to which the parties have decided to bury their differences and accordingly, he prays that the F.I.R. registered against the petitioner-Manjit Singh @ Joji and Rinku @ Chandergupt be quashed on the basis of compromise (Annexure-P-2). Counsel for the complainant, on instructions from the complainant-Baljinder Singh s/o Kuldeep Singh, who is present in the court (as identified by his counsel), states that the complainant has no objection to the quashing of the said F.I.R. He further submits that the compromise, original copy whereof has been placed on record as Annexure-P-2, is correct and indeed a compromise has been entered into between him and Manjit Singh @ Joji and Rinku @ Chandergupt. The complainant also admits the factual position and states that he has no objection to the quashing of the abovementioned F.I.R. as he does not want to further proceed with the matter in the light of compromise. I have heard counsel for the parties and have gone through the records of the case. The compromise between the parties, which has been entered into between the parties, is clear and according to the said compromise, an amicable settlement has been entered into between the parties i.e. accused Manjit Singh and Rinku @ Chandergupt on the one hand and Baljinder Singh-complainant on the other hand. Keeping in view the fact that the dispute needs to be settled between the parties so that they can live happily and there is peace and solidarity prevailing in the Society, it would be just and equitable in such circumstances that the F.I.R., which has been registered on the basis of a fight, which has occurred between the parties, is -2- Criminal Misc. No. M-12761 of 2009. settled and the parties are able to reside peacefully thereafter. Reliance at this stage can be made to the Full Bench Judgment of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others Versus State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) R.C.R. Criminal, 1052. Keeping in view the above fact and circumstances of the case, the present petition is allowed. F.I.R. No. 68, dated 12.07.2008 under Section 323, 341, 506, 34 I.P.C. registered at P.S. Balachaur against the petitioner-Manjit Singh @ Joji and Rinku @ Chandergupt, his co-accused, is hereby quashed. It goes without saying that in view of the above, all consequential proceedings shall also stands quashed. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE July 07, 2009. sjks. -3-