Crl.Misc.No.M-13752 of 2009 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-13752 of 2009 (O&M). Decided on: March 15, 2010. Darshan Singh and others .. Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others .. Respondents * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI * * * PRESENT Mr.Vivek Goel, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Arshvinder Singh, DAG, Punjab. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.110 dated 14.06.2004, registered under Sections 323, 324, 148 & 149 IPC, at Police Station, Dharamkot, District Moga, in which offence under Sections 325 & 326 IPC were added later on. Prayer has also been made for quashing of cross-version case under Sections 326, 323, 148 & 149 IPC, registered against Kewal Singh, Gursewak Singh, Shamsher Singh, Jaspreet Singh and Tarsem Singh. Kewal Singh, Gursewak Singh, and Tarsem Singh are present in the Court. Darshan Singh and Navdeep Singh from amongst the petitioners are also present. They have admitted the execution of compromise Annexure P-3, vide which the matter has been compromised with the intervention of Panchayat. I am satisfied that the dispute amongst the brothers has . . . 1 Crl.Misc.No.M-13752 of 2009 (O&M) been settled with the passage of time and with the intervention of the villagers. Following the judgment in case Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.), Page-1052, I do not find any reason to decline the quashing of FIR as well as cross-version on the basis of compromise. Before quashing the FIR and the cross-version, it may be observed that the occurrence in the present case had taken place in June 2004.A period of six years has elapsed. Precious time of the Courts and the police had been wasted by the petitioners. In the interest of justice and fairness, it is ordered that the petitioners and the respondent Nos.2 to 6, will deposit a total lump sum amount of Rs.10,000/- with the District Level Legal Services Authority, Moga and another total sum of Rs.10,000/- by the petitioners and respondent Nos.2 to 6, with the Punjab Police Welfare Fund, Sector-9, Chandigarh, within a period of one month. The petition is allowed. FIR No.110 dated 14.06.2004, registered under Sections 323, 324, 148 & 149 IPC, at Police Station, Dharamkot, District Moga, in which offence under Sections 325 & 326 IPC were added later on against petitioner Nos.1 to 5, and the cross-version case under Sections 326, 323, 148 & 149 IPC, registered against Kewal Singh, Gursewak Singh, Shamsher Singh, Jaspreet Singh and Tarsem Singh, and all the criminal proceedings emanating therefrom are hereby quashed subject to above said conditions. A copy of order be sent to the Quarter concerned. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE March 15, 2010. rka . . . 2