IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 19081 of 2011 Date of decision: 02.11.2011 Randhir Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Navneet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab for the State. Mr. C.L. Verma, Advocate for respondents No. 2 and 3. ***** RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner seeks quashing of FIR No. 56 dated 23.06.2007 under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 427 IPC registered at police station Laddowal on the basis of compromise dated 04.06.2011. Respondents No. 2 and 3 had suffered injuries in an accident and thereupon the present impugned FIR was registered against the petitioner. The respectables of the area have intervened and parties have compromised the case. The written compromise dated 04.06.2011 is placed on record as Annexure P-3. While issuing notice of motion on 07.07.2011, this Court directed the petitioner as well as the complainant to appear before the trial Court to record their respective statements regarding the compromise, on the basis of which the quashing is sought. The trial Court was directed to submit report after recording the statements of the parties. Crl. Misc. No. M- 19081 of 2011 -2- The report dated 23.07.2011 has now been received from the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana confirming that the parties have reached a compromise and have made statement to this effect. Photocopy of the statements have also been annexed with the report. Anu Soni wife of Amit Soni has appeared and made statement to the effect that this FIR was registered against Randhir Singh and case has now been settled on the intervention of the respectables of the society leading to compromise, which was reduced into writing on 23.07.2011. She has further stated that now the complainant did not wish to proceed with the case registered against the petitioner and she would have no objection if the FIR against the petitioner is quashed. Randhir Singh has also made a statement before the Court to similar effect. During the course of arguments, the counsel has placed before me the certified copies of the statements, which he has obtained. These certified copies of the statement made by the complainant as well as by the petitioner are kept on record. Since the parties have reached compromise, no useful purpose would be served in allowing the prosecution to continue. Infact this will only lead to wasting the time of the Court. In view of the law laid down by Full Bench decision in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others 2007(3) RCR (Cri.) 1052, the offence of this nature can always be allowed to be compromised. Compromise in such like cases is required to be encouraged. Crl. Misc. No. M- 19081 of 2011 -3- Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. FIR No. 56 dated 23.06.2007 under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 427 IPC registered at police station Laddowal and also subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. November 02, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE