IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M- 2823 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: August 11, 2011 Bhagwant Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr.N.P.S.Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners have sought quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.95 dated April 28th, 2004 registered under Sections 323, 324, 326, 341, 506 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') in Police Station Sadar, District Ludhiana. By order dated January 28th, 2011, Ritu Bahri, 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. Although, the offences are non- compoundable yet, there cannot be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. In view of the above, this Court accepts the petition and quashes FIR No.95 dated April 28th, 2004 registered under Sections 323, 324, 326, 341, 506 read with Section 34 IPC in Police Station Sadar, District Ludhiana and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. August 11, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) gian JUDGE