Criminal Misc. No. M-11563 of 2011(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11563 of 2011(O&M) Bachittar Singh and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents and Criminal Misc. No. M-32975 of 2011(O&M) Dharam Pal Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents Date of Decision: December 05, 2011 CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.ADS Sukhija, Advocate, with the petitioners. Mr.Palwinder Singh, Sr.Deputy AG, Punjab. Lakhwinder Singh and Pritpal Singh – respondents No.2 and 3 with their counsel Mr.Balraj Singh Sidhu, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This order shall dispose of above mentioned two petitions, because in both, quashing of First Information Report (for short `FIR') No.141 dated September 05th, 2009, registered under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471/120-B of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC'), Police Station Sarabha Nagar, District Ludhiana, is sought. 2. The ground taken is that the matter has been amicably resolved between the parties. Criminal Misc. No. M-11563 of 2011(O&M) [2] 3. By order dated April 20th, 2011, Daya Chaudhary, J. directed the Area Magistrate to send its report regarding the authenticity of the compromise allegedly effected between the parties. In response thereto, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana, recorded the statements of the parties, whereby, they stated that they have compromised the matter. Compromise-deed (Annexure P2) has also been placed on record. 4. Lakhwinder Singh – complainant/respondent No.2 is present in person and while admitting the compromise having arrived at with the petitioners, he has also filed his affidavit (Annexure P3). His father Pritpal Singh is also present. They have apprised this Court that the matter has been settled with the intervention of the respectables of the society and they do not want to pursue the case against the petitioners. In the circumstances, there cannot be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in 'Madan Mohan Abbot Vs. State of Punjab' 2008 (2) RCR (Criminal) 429, wherein, it was held that in such type of cases, where the dispute is of personal nature, Court should ordinarily, accept the compromise. Thus, this Court is also of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. In view of the above, the petitions are accepted, FIR No.141 dated September 05th, 2009, registered under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471/120-B IPC,Police Station Sarabha Nagar, District Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. December 05, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) “gian” JUDGE