Criminal Misc. No. M-6203 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-6203 of 2009 Date of Decision: 24.3.2009 Manvir Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent No.1. Mr. G.S. Rawat, Advocate for respondent No.2. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed by Manvir Singh son of Gurdev Singh under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 146 dated 20.8.2008 registered at Police Station Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur, under Sections 447, 379 & 506 IPC. In the present case, FIR was lodged by Gurnam Singh son of Piara Singh. Copy of the FIR has been annexed as Annexure P1. Grievance made out in the FIR is that the petitioner had trespassed into the field of complainant Gurnam Singh and had cut the bajra crop and this amounts to theft also. Quashing of the FIR has been sought on the basis of Criminal Misc. No. M-6203 of 2009 2 compromise. Copy of the compromise has been annexed with the present petition as Annexure P2. It is further submitted that a civil suit filed by the complainant-respondent No.2 against the petitioner and his mother has been dismissed as withdrawn in view of compromise. Copy of order passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Garhshankar, is annexed with the present petition as Annexure P3. Mr. G.S. Rawat has caused appearance for respondent No.2-complainant. He has filed short reply by way of affidavit of Gurnam Singh in which factum of compromise has been admitted. Gurnam Singh is present in the Court. He has been identified by his counsel Mr. G.S. Rawat, Advocate. He has stated that due to intervention of respectables, a compromise has been arrived between the parties. Therefore, he no longer intends to pursue the present FIR. It has been further submitted that even the civil suit has been withdrawn. Therefore, the parties have resolved to live in peace. It has been held by Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007(3) Recent Criminal Reports 1052 that compromise not only promotes peace in the society but also saves parties from litigation. In view of the law laid down in Kulwinder Singh’s case (supra) and keeping in view the compromise arrived at between the parties, present petition is accepted and impugned FIR along with all consequential proceedings is quashed. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge March 24, 2009 “DK”