Crl. Misc. No. M –34089 of 2008 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M –34089 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision:- 14.5.2010 Anil Sidhu & Ors. ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & Anr. ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. S.K.Sandhir, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. H.S.Saggu, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) The petitioners – Anil Sidhu, Sandeep Sidhu, Rajinder Singh and Harish Singla, have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the quashing of FIR No. 68 dated 16.5.2009 registered under Sections 452, 325, 323, 506, 148 and 149 IPC (now added 379 IPC), at Police Station Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and the subsequent proceedings, on the basis of compromise and affidavit Annexure P-2 and P-3. On the notice of motion having been issued, respondent No.2/complainant appeared through his counsel and filed his reply admitting the factum of the compromise. As the case was still at the investigating stage, so the report of the investigating officer was called for, if the parties have entered into any such compromise with their free will and to submit his report after recording their statements. Crl. Misc. No. M –34089 of 2008 (O&M) -2- The Investigating Officer in compliance with the orders of this Court recorded the statements of the parties and has submitted his report by way of his affidavit. He has reported that it is revealed that the parties have entered into the compromise without any pressure and with their own free will. It was held by Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh & Ors VS. State of Punjab, 2007(3)RCR (Crl) 1052 that the parties can enter into compromise even in respect of those offences which are not compoundable and the FIR can be quashed on the basis of such a compromise. All the offences as mentioned in the FIR are compoundable except offence under Section 452 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In view of the compromise so entered into between the parties, the above said FIR and the subsequent proceedings are ordered to be quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. May 14, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge