Crl. Misc. M No. 23069 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. M No.23069 of 2011 Date of Decision : December 16, 2011 Sewak Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM; HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. J.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Abhishek Chautala, AAG Punjab. Mr. H.S. Bhardwaj Advocate for the respondent No. 2. Alok Singh, J. Learned counsel for the parties have fairly stated that offence punishable under Section 420 IPC can be compounded with the leave of the Court and since the matter has already been settled between the parties, therefore, an appropriate application shall be moved before the learned Magistrate seeking leave to compound under Section 320 (2) of Cr.P.C. Hence, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to Crl. Misc. M No. 23069 of 2011 2 withdraw this petition with the aforesaid liberty. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. However, if such an application is moved before the learned Magistrate seeking leave to compound the offence punishable under Section 420 IPC, the same shall be disposed off by the learned Magistrate in view of the settlement between the parties at the earliest and in any case within 90 days from the date of application. (Alok Singh) December 16, 2011 Judge BB