Criminal Misc. No. M-28976 of 2011(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-28976 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: November 07, 2011 Anil Gupta and others ... Petitioners Versus State of U.T.Chandigarh and others ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Rajan Malhotra, Advocate, with the petitioners. Mr.Rakesh Kumar Nagpal, Advocate for Union Territory, Chandigarh. Mr.Vivek Rattan, Advocate for respondent No.3. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This petition has been filed seeking quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.118 dated June 30 th, 2004 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 448 and 452 of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC'), in Police Station Sector-19, Chandigarh on the basis of compromise entered into between the parties (Annexure P2). 2. The aforesaid FIR was registered against the petitioners on the statement of Satya Parkash – respondent No.3. 3. Learned counsel appearing for complainant/ respondent No.3 has admitted the compromise (Annexure P2) having arrived at between the parties. He states that the dispute has been amicably resolved with the intervention of the respectables. Another civil matter between the parties was also compromised in Permanent Lok Adalat, U.T.Chandigarh as per order dated May 18 th, 2011 (Annexure P3). In the circumstances, there cannot be any embargo in allowing Criminal Misc. No. M-28976 of 2011(O&M) [2] 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. 4. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.118 dated June 30 th, 2004 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 448 and 452 IPC in Police Station Sector-19, Chandigarh and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. November 07, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE