IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35990 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 23rd December, 2011 Kinder Singh and others … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Kamal Jeet Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the State. Mr. Kamal Narula, Advocate for respondents No.2 to 4. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.25 dated 05.06.2011 registered at Police Station Balianwali, District Bathinda under Sections 452, 323, 324, 148 and 149 IPC. Counsel for the petitioners has stated at bar that later-on police had also added an offence punishable under Section 325 IPC. It is stated in the petition that in the occurrence, Kandi Singh, Chand Singh and Jagjit Singh had received injuries. Today the injured namely Kandi Singh, Chand Singh and Jagjit Singh are present in Court and they have been identified by ASI Sukhdev Singh, Police Station Balianwali, District Bathinda. Mr. Kamal Narula, Advocate has caused appearance on behalf of respondents No.2 to 4, i.e. the injured namely Kandi Singh, Criminal Misc. No. M-35990 of 2011 (O&M) Chand Singh and Jagjit Singh. Mr. Narula has filed reply by way of three separate affidavits of respondents No.2 to 4. The same are taken on record. Counsel for the complainants-injured has stated that the accused and the injured are residents of the same village and therefore, due to the intervention of Panchayat and respectable persons of the locality, a compromise (Annexure P-2) has been arrived at between the parties and they have decided to bury the hatchet and end bad blood between them. They have further resolved to promote everlasting peace, amity and harmony. The injured, who are present in Court, have also vouchsafed the compromise (Annexure P-2). It has been held by a Full Bench of this Court in ‘Kulwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and another’, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 that where a compromise has been arrived at between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by pursuing the criminal litigation. Taking into consideration the ratio of law laid down in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra), present petition is accepted, and the FIR No.25 dated 05.06.2011 registered at Police Station Balianwali, District Bathinda under Sections 452, 323, 324, 148 and 149 IPC along with all subsequent proceedings, is quashed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE December 23, 2011 rps 2