IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 10054 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: December 21, 2011 Gurmail Singh & others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Shivraj Angi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG,Punjab, for the State. Mr. Navkesh Singh, Advocate, for Mr. H.S. Saini, Advocate, for respondent Nos.2 & 3. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. This order will dispose of Crl. Misc. Nos.10117 and 10054 of 2011. The petitioners seek quashing of FIR No.138, dated 5.6.2006, registered under Sections 323/324/326/34 IPC at Police Station Sadar Jalalabd, District Ferozepur Punjab, on the basis of compromise. Crl. Misc. No.M-10117 of 2011 has been filed for quashing of the cross case against Ramesh Chand @ Ramesh Lal. The petitioners and the respondents are neighbours. They have minor dispute regarding one passage. They fought over this minor issue. The complainant statedly was injured and was Crl. Misc. No. M- 10054 of 2011 -2- medically examined. One of the injury on the hand of complainant- Ramesh Lal declared grievous. The present FIR was, accordingly, lodged at his instance. It is now stated that this FIR was lodged on account of some misunderstanding. This misunderstanding has been resolved due to intervention of the respectables. The parties now do not want to pursue litigation and fight against each other. They have compromised. Copy of the compromise dated 17.3.2011 is annexed with the petition as Annexure P-4. The cross version registered against Ramesh Lal-complainant at the instance of the petitioners has also ended due to this compromise. The petitioners have, accordingly, filed Crl. Misc. No.10117 of 2011 for quashing of the case arising out of the cross version. When this matter came up for hearing before this Court, directions were issued to the parties to appear before the trial court for getting their statements recorded. The statements of the parties have, accordingly, been recorded by the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jalalabad, who has also submitted his report stating that the compromise is valid. Since the parties have compromised, no useful purpose would be served in allowing these criminal proceedings to continue. The petitioners and the complainant, who are neighbours and want to live in peace in future. They should be encouraged. This Court would have ample power to quash such proceedings and the FIR in terms of law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. Crl. Misc. No. M- 10054 of 2011 -3- The present petitions are, accordingly, allowed. FIR No.138, dated 5.6.2006, registered under Sections 323/324/326/34 IPC as well as the cross-version and all subsequent proceedings in both the cases are hereby quashed. December 21, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE