IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-11386 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: August 19, 2011 Sukhwinder Pal and others …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Naveen Batra, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.R.S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.106 dated 17.10.2010 (Annexure P-1) registered under sections 379, 411 IPC at police station Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2). Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition, a compromise was effected between the petitioner and respondent No.2- complainant. Relying upon the judgment reported as Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052, learned counsel submit that in view of compromise, the FIR in question deserves to be quashed. Crl.Misc.No.M-11386 of 2011 - 2 - Learned State counsel does not dispute the ratio of judgment in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra) and submits that in case a compromise is arrived at between the parties, the State shall not stand in the way of quashing of FIR. Heard. It appears that while issuing notice of motion a direction was issued by this court to record the statements of the parties with regard to validity or otherwise of the compromise. A report has been received from the trial court. Operative part thereof reads thus: “4. Accordingly, from the statements of the complainant and the accused persons, this court has come to the conclusion that a genuine compromise has been effected between the complainant Gian Chand son of Beli Ram resident of Village Balewal, P.S. Nurpur Bedi, Tehsil Anandpur Sahib, Distt. Ropar and accused Sukhwinder Pal, Harminder Pal alias Harwinder Pal sons of Late Narinder Pal and Dharamjit @ Rinku son of Mohinder Pal, all resident of village Tibba Nangal, P.S. Nurpur Bedi, Tehsil Anandpur Sahib, Distt. Ropar.” In view of the law laid down in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra), the impugned FIR and subsequent proceedings pursuant thereto are hereby quashed. August 19, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE