Crl. Misc. No. M-9329 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-9329 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on : 17-08-2011 Rajwinder Kaur ....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Proxy counsel for Mr. D.D.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab Mr. Vikas Sharma, Advocate for respondent-complainant MAHESH GROVER, J This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying for quashing of FIR no. 161 dated 15.5.2007 registered under Sections 406, 420 IPC at Police Station Kharar, District SAS Nagar, Mohali and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during the pendency of the proceedings pursuant to the FIR, the parties have resolved their differences amicably and in view of this, they do not wish to pursue with the litigation any further. On 28.3.2011, this Court directed the parties to appear before the Trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate and get their statements recorded in support of their claim that the matter has been compromised. The Trial Crl. Misc. No. M-9329 of 2011 (O&M) 2 Court/Illaqa Magistrate was also directed to send the report about the factum of compromise and also the fact that such statements were not result of any undue pressure or coercion. Report has since been received from the concerned Court and according to it, both the parties have appeared and got recorded their statements on their own free will in support of the compromise. In view of the above facts and also keeping in view the observations of Full Bench in Kulwinder Singh versus State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald 2225, the instant petition is allowed. Consequently, FIR no. 161 dated 15.5.2007 registered under Sections 406, 420 IPC at Police Station Kharar, District SAS Nagar, Mohali and all consequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. August 17, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge