Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-4149 of 2011(O&M) --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-4149 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: November 15, 2011 Parminder Singh and others ....PETITIONERS VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....RESPONDENTS Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-4462 of 2011(O&M) Rajesh Kumar and others ....PETITIONERS VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....RESPONDENTS Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-5159 of 2011(O&M) Jaspal Singh Saini ....PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....RESPONDENTS ***** CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Ankur Mittal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. D.B. Singh, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 to 4. ***** AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This order shall dispose of three criminal cases i.e. Criminal Misc. No.M-4149 of 2011 titled as Parminder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and others, Criminal Misc. No.M-4462 of 2011 titled as Rajesh Kumar and others Vs. State of Punjab and others and Criminal Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-4149 of 2011(O&M) --2-- Misc. No.M-5159 of 2011 titled as Jaspal Singh Saini Vs. State of Punjab and others. 2. In all the three petitions, common prayer has been made viz. to quash FIR bearing No.01 dated 06.01.2011 under Sections 458, 324, 323, 341, 506, 148 and 149 IPC registered at Police Station Phase 1, SAS Nagar Mohali, (Annexure P-1). 3. There are 08 accused in all, in regard to the incident. 05 accused have approached this Court by way of filing Criminal Misc. No.M-4149 of 2011, 02 accused by way of filing Criminal Misc. No.M-4462 of 2011 and 01 accused by way of filing Criminal Misc. No.M-5159 of 2011 and, therefore, all the three cases are taken up together, for disposal. 4. For reference to record, Criminal Misc. No.M-4149 of 2011 titled as Parminder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and others, is being taken up. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the parties contend that on account of tenancy dispute FIR came to be lodged at the instance of respondent No.2-Gurmeet Singh. Respondents No.3 and 4 are brother and father of Gurmeet Singh and have been impleaded because the issue involved a property in which the said two persons might also have interest. 6. It has been pleaded that all the disputes have been settled by way of compromise dated 03.02.2011, which is placed on record as Annexure P-2. Respondent Nos.2 to 4 have sworn their respective affidavits, all dated 07.02.2011, which are placed on record as Annexures P-3 to P-5 endorsing the factum of the compromise. 7. Learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.2 to 4 contends that indeed the disputes arose on account of tenancy and the disputes have been settled by way of compromise (Annexure P-2). 8. Respondent Nos.2 and 4, as identified by their counsel Sh.D.B. Singh, are present in Court and state that let the FIR be quashed Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-4149 of 2011(O&M) --3-- as the disputes have been settled by way of compromise. 9. Learned counsel for the respondent-State contends that because the disputes have been settled by way of compromise, the State would have no objection to the quashing of the FIR. 10. Considering the nature of offence; the fact that FIR came to be lodged on account of tenancy disputes and the parties being residents of the same area, it would be in the interest of peace and harmony to allow the petition. 11. In view of the above, FIR bearing No.01 dated 06.01.2011 under Sections 458, 324, 323, 341, 506, 148 and 149 IPC registered at Police Station Phase 1, SAS Nagar Mohali, (Annexure P-1). is hereby quashed. 12. Accordingly, all the three cases are allowed. (AJAI LAMBA) JUDGE November 15, 2011 sonika 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?