CRM No.M-7080 of 2011(O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-7080 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 19, 2011 Gurjant Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Shivraj Angi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General Punjab for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, petitioner seeks quashing of complaint titled “Piara Singh vs. Gurjant Singh” under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (herein for short `the Act') (Annexure P-1) pending in the Court of Special Judge, Bathinda. Grounds pleaded are that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of the respectables and common relatives. Piara Singh – complainant / respondent No.2 has tendered his affidavit (Annexure P4) and the compromise deed (Annexure P3). Not only that, vide order dated March 15th, 2011, Ritu Bahri, J. had directed the Trial Court as under:- “The trial Court is directed to send the report with regard to the validity or otherwise of the compromise (Annexure P-3) after recording the statements of all the concerned parties before the next date of hearing.” In view of the said order, statements of the parties were recorded by the Additional Sessions Judge and the copies thereof have been sent CRM No.M-7080 of 2011(O&M) [ 2 ] to this Court, whereby, the parties have compromised the matter. Indeed, the offence, for which the petitioner is facing trial, are non-compoundable, but 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. In view of the above, the petition is accepted and the complaint titled “Piara Singh vs. Gurjant Singh” under Section 3 of the Act (Annexure P-1) pending in the Court of Special Judge, Bathinda is hereby quashed. July 19, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) gian JUDGE