IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-3005 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 17.8.2011. Manjit Singh Arora & others ...... Petitioners Versus U.T., Chandigarh & another ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. S.S. Chadha, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Ashima Mor, Advocate, for U.T. Chandigarh. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners seek quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR) No.28 dated January 22nd, 2011 under Sections 420/120-B of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'), registered in Police Station Sector-17, Union Territory, Chandigarh. By order dated January 31st, 2011 Daya Chaudhary. 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, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh recorded the statements of the parties whereby they stated that they have compromised the matter. Compromise-deed (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record. Indeed, the dispute between the parties was of personal nature. In view of this, there should not be any impediment in allowing the parties to compromise the matter. Support to this view can be had from the authority 'Madan Mohan Abbot Vs. State of Punjab' 2008 (2) RCR (Criminal) 429, wherein, Hon'ble Supreme Court has ruled that in such type of cases, where the dispute is of personal nature, Court should ordinarily, accept the compromise. Criminal Misc. No. M-3005 of 2011 (2) In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.28 dated January 22nd, 2011 under Sections 420/120-B IPC, registered in Police Station Sector-17, Union Territory, Chandigarh and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. 17.8.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE