Criminal Misc.No.M-20029 of 2010(O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-20029 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 27, 2011 Arun Kumar Bhandari ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.Deepak Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Sudhir Nehra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Mr.Varinder Kaur, Advocate for Mr.J.S.Bains, Advocate, for respondent No.2. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioner seeks quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.121 dated June 25th, 2010, registered under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') at Police Station Salem Tabri, District Ludhiana, on the basis of compromise. By order dated April 26th, 2011, Daya Chaudhary, J. directed the parties to appear before the trial Court and the trial Court was directed to record the statements of the parties. In compliance with the same, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana recorded the statements of the parties, whereby, they stated that they have compromised the matter. Affidavit of complainant – respondent No.2 (Annexure P2) has also been placed on record. Indeed, the dispute between the parties was of personal nature. In view of this, there should not be any impediment in allowing the parties to compromise Criminal Misc.No.M-20029 of 2010(O&M) [ 2 ] the matter. Support to this view can be had from the authority 'Madan Mohan Abbot Vs. State of Punjab' 2008 (2) RCR (Criminal) 429, wherein, Hon'ble Supreme Court has ruled that in such type of cases, where the dispute is of personal nature, Court should ordinarily, accept the compromise. In view of above, petition is accepted. Consequently, FIR No.121 dated June 25th, 2010, registered under Section 420 IPC at Police Station Salem Tabri, District Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. July 27, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) gian JUDGE