CRM- M 31381 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on 26.11.2009 Gurpreet Singh and others --Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and another --Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN PRESENT: Mr Vishal Sharma.Advocate,for the petitioners Mrs.Rajni Gupta,Addl.AG,Punjab Mr.PJS Hundal,Advocate, for the complainant. Rakesh Kumar Jain, J: (Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'Cr.P.C.') for quashing of FIR No. 29 dated 25.2.2008, registered under Section 25/27/54 Arms Act and 336,506, 148 IPC at Police Station Sarabha Nagar, District Ludhiana, on the basis of compromise dated 26.10.2009 (Annexure P2) and all subsequent proceedings thereof . The aforesaid FIR has been registered by Gurtej Singh complainant/respondent No.2. It is averred in the petition that the role CRM- M 31381 of 2009 (O&M) 2 attributed to petitioner No.1. is lalkara and fire in the air, while role attributed to the other petitioners is only lalkara. It is submitted that due to intervention of respectables, the matter has been settled between the parties on 26.10.2009 by way of compromise which is placed on record as Annexure P-2. Notice of motion was issued in this case on 9.11.2009. Pursuant to which, Gurtej Singh complainant has put in appearance through Sh. PJS Hundal, Advocate and has been identified by him in Court. I have asked the complainant (Gurtej Singh) about the compromise Annexure P-2 to which he has stated that the same has been executed by him with his free will and there is no change in it. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that offence under Section 506 IPC is compoundable but the offence under the Arms Act and Section 336 IPC are non-compoundable. In this regard, learned counsel for the petitioners has relied upon a Full Bench decision of this Court in the case of Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another 2007 (3) R.C.R (Criminal) 1052, to contend that even non-compoundable offences can also be compounded if the parties have decided to bury the hatchet between them by invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case coupled with the fact that no overt-act has been attributed to the petitioners who had given only lalkara causing no harm to any body as well as the law laid by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's Case (Supra), the present CRM- M 31381 of 2009 (O&M) 3 petition is allowed and FIR No. 29 dated 25.2.2008, registered under Section 25/27/54 Arms Act and 336,506, 148 IPC at Police Station Sarabha Nagar, District Ludhiana, on the basis of compromise dated 26.10.2009 (Annexure P2) and all subsequent proceedings thereof are hereby quashed. 26.11.2009 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge