IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-22496 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: September 20, 2011 Kashmir Chand and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Chanchal K.Singla, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.J.S,Bhullar, Assistant Adv. General, Punjab for respondent – State. Balwinder Singh – complainant/respondent No.2 and Harmesh Lal - injured/respondent No.3 with their counsel Mr.Rajesh Dhiman, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners have sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.65 dated June 08th, 2011 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 148, 323, 452 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Jalalabad Sadar, District Ferozepur. Complainant – respondent No.2, namely Balwinder Singh and injured – respondent No.3 Harmesh Lal have stated at bar that they have compromised the matter with the petitioners with the intervention of the relatives and friends. The complainant has also tendered his affidavit (Annexure P5) on record. Both of them have stated in unequivocal terms that there is no ill-will left. 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. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.65 dated June 08th, 2011 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 148, 323, 452 read with Section 149 IPC in Police Station Jalalabad Sadar, District Ferozepur and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. September 20, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE