IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 37495 of 2010 Date of decision: 02.11.2011 Ramandeep Saini and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Harmanjit Singh Jugait, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab for the State. ***** RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioners seek quashing of FIR registered against them under Sections 323, 341, 324, 148 and 149 IPC at police Station Singh Bhagwantpur District Roopnagar on the basis of compromise. The petitioner also seeks quashing of subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. While issuing notice of motion, the Court had directed the petitioners as well as complainant/affected parties to appear before the trial Court and make their respective statements in regard to the compromise. The trial Court was directed to submit the report after recording the statements of the petitioners as well as the complainant. The trial Court has now sent a report dated 20.10.2011 alongwith the statements of the petitioners as well as the complainant, which were recorded by the Court. As per the report, complainant Rohit Soni and Preet Inder Singh Bains appeared and recorded their statements admitting the compromise, which according to them was reached with intervention of respectables. Crl. Misc. No. M- 37495 of 2010 -2- The accused Ramandeep Saini, Manpreet Singh Saini and Deepanshu Vashisht and Suchit Kumar had also endorsed their signatures and thumb marks on the compromise. As per the report, the parties are left with no grudge and the complainant would not have any objection if the FIR is quashed. As per the report, Rohti Soni had made a statement that he has compromised the issue with the petitioners. The statement was recorded after accepting the identity proof. Ramandeep Singh, Manpreet Singh and others also appeared and made statement admitting the compromise. Compromise deed has also been placed on record, which is annexed with the report as well. Since the parties have amicably settled the dispute, no useful purpose would be served now to allow this prosecution to continue. In view of the law laid down by Full Bench decision in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others 2007 (3) Law Herald (P& H) (FB) 2225., there is no hindrance before the Court in directing the quashing of FIR on the basis of compromise. Rather the Full Bench of this Court has clearly observed that the resolution of the disputed by way of compromise needs to be encouraged. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. FIR No.75 dated 03.12.2010 registered under Sections 323, 341, 324, 148 and 149 IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. November 02, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE