CRM-M 30879 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on 26.11.2009 Gurtej Singh and others --Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and another --Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN PRESENT: Mr.PJS Hundal,Advocate,for the petitioners Mrs.Rajni Gupta,Addl.AG,Punjab Mr.Vishal Sharma,Advocate, for the complainant. Rakesh Kumar Jain, J: (Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short,'Cr.P.C.') for quashing of FIR No. 11 dated 01.2.2008, registered under Sections 323, 324, 506,34 IPC at Police Station, Sarabha Nagar, District Ludhiana on the basis of compromise dated 26.10.2009 (Annexure P2) and all subsequent proceedings thereof . The aforesaid FIR has been registered by Gurpreet Singh complainant/respondent No.2. It is submitted by learned counsel for CRM-M 30879 of 2009 (O&M) 2 the petitioners that due to intervention of respectables, the matter has been settled between the parties on 26.10.2009 by way of compromise which is placed on record as Annexure P-2. In this case, the challan has been presented by the police and the case is fixed for framing of charge. Notice of motion was issued in this case on 4.11.2009. Pursuant to which, Gurpreet Singh complainant has put in appearance through Sh. Vishal Sharma,Advocate and has been identified by him in Court. I have asked the complainant (Gurpreet Singh) about the compromise Annexure P-2 to which he has stated that the same has been executed by him with his free will and there is no change in it. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that offence under Section 323 and 506 IPC are compoundable under Section 320 (1) Cr.P.C., but Section 324 IPC is not compoundable. In this regard, learned counsel for the petitioners has relied upon a Full Bench decision of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another 2007 (3) R.C.R (Criminal) 1052, to contend that even non-compoundable offences can also be compounded if the parties have decided to bury the hatchet between them by invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the law laid by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's Case (Supra), the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 11 dated 01.2.2008, registered under Sections 323, 324, 506,34 IPC at Police Station, Sarabha Nagar, CRM-M 30879 of 2009 (O&M) 3 District Ludhiana on the basis of compromise dated 26.10.2009 (Annexure P2) and all subsequent proceedings therefrom are quashed. 26.11.2009 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge