IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-20928 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: September 15, 2011 Avtar Singh and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Davinder Bir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.J.S.Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Hardeep Singh – complainant/ respondent No.2 with Mr.Ramanjit Singh Mann, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners have sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.54 dated February 20th, 2010 (Annexure P1) registered under Section 324 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Jagraon, District Ludhiana. Complainant – respondent No.2, namely Hardeep Singh has stated at bar that he has compromised the matter with the petitioners with the intervention of the relatives and friends. He has also tendered his affidavit (Annexure P4) on record. He also states that there is no ill-will left. 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 Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. 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 petition is accepted, FIR No.54 dated February 20th, 2010 (Annexure P1) registered under Section 324 read with Section 34 IPC in Police Station Jagraon, District Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. September 15, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian'/s JUDGE