IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M-3658 of 2010 Decided on : 20.08.2010 Tajinder Pal Singh ... Petitioner versus State of Punjab etc. ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present : Mr. Mohd. Yousaf, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Raghubir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. R.S.Modi, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** GURDEV SINGH, J. Heard. The petitioner – Tejinder Pal Singh has filed this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of FIR No.85 dated 28.05.2002 under Sections 420, 120-B and 34 of IPC and Sections 63, 78, 79 and 81 of Copyrights Act, registered at Police Station, Division No.3, Ludhiana District Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-2) which according to him has been entered into with respondent No.2 – complainant. The factum of compromise was admitted by respondent No.2. Report of the trial court was called if the parties have voluntarily entered into the compromise and that report was to be made after recording the statements of the parties. According to the learned State counsel needful was done by the trial court and the report has been submitted to this Court. CRM No.M-3658 of 2010 -2- As per the report, the parties have entered into a compromise in respect of the offences mentioned in the FIR. No doubt the offences mentioned in the FIR are not compoundable yet, as was held by a Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, the parties could have entered into a compromise even in respect of un- compoundable offences and FIR can be quashed on the basis thereof. In view of the compromise so entered into between the parties, FIR and consequent proceedings arising therefrom are ordered to be quashed. Petition is disposed of accordingly. August 20, 2010 (GURDEV SINGH) sonia JUDGE