IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M- 27977 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 08.12.2011 Surinder Singh and others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Ajay Singla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. K.S. Pannu, AAG, Punjab for the State. Mr. Pardeep Sharma, Advocate for respondent No. 2. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioners seek quashing of FIR No. 377 dated 08.11.2009 registered against them under Sections 447, 511, 427 and 149 IPC at Police Station Samana, District Patiala. In the headnote of the petition, however, the offence under Section 447 IPC has been wrongly mentioned as Section 411. Today the counsel for the petitioners have moved an application seeking correction of the offence as recorded in the headnote. The prayer is allowed. The offence mentioned under Section 411 IPC is corrected to read as 447 IPC. The perusal of the FIR would show that the petitioners had raised some ruckus in front of the house of the complainant. For this, the complainant lodged this FIR. As per the petitioner, no offence is revealed even from the reading of the FIR. In any case, the Criminal Misc. No. M- 27977 of 2011 (O&M) -2- petitioner has now entered into compromise with the complainant/respondent No. 2 because of the intervention of the Panchayat members. The complainant/respondent No.2 is present before the Court in person and has confirmed that he has compromised with the petitioners. The complainant further submits that he would not have any objection in case the present FIR lodged against the petitioners is quashed. Considering the fact that it is a minor dispute, which led to registration of this case and it would be futile for the Court to spend time to try such like minor dispute, a case for quashing is made out. Even otherwise, criminal offence in such like minor cases can be quashed, in view of the ratio of law laid down in Kulwinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others 2007(3) RCR (Cri.) 1052. The petition is, accordingly, allowed. FIR No. 377 dated 08.11.2009 registered under Sections 447, 511, 427 and 149 IPC at Police Station Samana, District Patiala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. December 08, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE