IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-28563 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 23.11.2011. Chhabil Singh and others ….Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. H.S. Ghuman, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Palwinder Singh, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. Baljinder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. NAWAB SINGH, J (ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, quashing of First Information Report (for short `FIR’) No.287 dated October 14th, 2005 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323 and 452 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC’) in Police Station City Malout, District Muktsar, is sought. Grounds pleaded are that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of friends and respectables. Affidavit (Annexure P-3) has also been placed on record. He mentioned that he has no objection if the aforesaid FIR and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. In the circumstances, 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. Thus, this Court is also of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. Criminal Misc. No. M-28563 of 2011 -2- In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.287 dated October 14th, 2005 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323 and 452 read with Section 34 of the IPC in Police Station City Malout, District Muktsar and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 23.11.2011 Ishwar