IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-18463 of 2009 Date of decision : August 17, 2009 Iqbal Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. NK Manchanda, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent no. 1 Mr. RS Somal, Advocate for respondent no. 2 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Iqbal Singh has filed this petition under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR No. 44 dated 13.4.2009, under section 509 IPC, Police Station Bassi Pathana, District Fatehgarh Sahib (Annexure P/1) in view of compromise effected with respondent No. 2- complainant who has furnished affidavit (Annexure P/2) regarding the compromise. Learned counsel for complainant-respondent no. 2, on instructions from respondent no. 2 who is also present in person in Court, states that compromise has been effected between the parties and therefore, respondent No. 2 has no objection to the quashing of the impugned FIR. Criminal Misc. No. M-18463 of 2009 -2- In the instant case, offence under section 509 IPC is compoundable with the permission of the Court. Parties have effected compromise. Keeping in view the nature of offence and compromise effected between the parties, there is no ground for not granting permission to the parties to compound the offence. It is submitted that the instant petition had to be filed because challan has not been presented by the police before the trial Magistrate and therefore, the parties could not seek composition of the case in the trial court. In view of the aforesaid, the instant petition is allowed and the impugned FIR No. 44 dated 13.4.2009, under section 509 IPC, Police Station Bassi Pathana, District Fatehgarh Sahib (Annexure P/1) is quashed along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. ( L.N. Mittal ) August 17, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'