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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/37610/2014allowed

Pankaj Kumar v. State Of Punjab & ANR

2015-03-02Mr. Justice P.B. Bajanthri2 pages

Cr.M. No.M-37610 of 2014 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.M.No.M-37610 of 2014 DATE OF DECISION : 2.3.2015 Pankaj Kumar PETITIONER

VERSUS

State of Punjab and another RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER

1. Whether reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ?

2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ?

3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? Present:- Shri Vikram Preet Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Deepak Garg, A.A.G. Punjab.

Shri J.K.Singla, Advocate for respondent-2.

MAHESH GROVER, J.

This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying for quashing of F.I.R. No.168 dated 4.10.2014 registered under Sections 279,337,338 I.P.C. at Police Statin Fatehgarh Sahib and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the ground that the parties have entered into a compromise.

GHANSHYAM DASS 2015.03.04 10:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document high court chandigarh

Cr.M. No.M-37610 of 2014 -2On 3.12.2014 this Court directed the parties to appear before the Illaqa Magistrate and get their statements recorded in support of their claim that the matter has been compromised. Trial Court was also directed to send the report about the factum of compromise and also the fact that such statements were not a result of any undue pressure or coercion.

Report has since been received along with copies of the statements of the affected persons which also indicates that the matter has been resolved amicably between the parties without any pressure from any quarter. Having regard to the aforesaid and the observations of Full Bench in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007(3) Law Herald 2225, and Gian Singh v. State of Punjab 2012(4) R.C.R. (Crl.)543, the instant petition is allowed. Consequently, F.I.R. No.168 dated 4.10.2014 registered under Sections 279,337,338 I.P.C. at Police Statin Fatehgarh Sahib and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed qua the petitioner. (MAHESH GROVER) March 2, 2015 JUDGE GD GHANSHYAM DASS 2015.03.04 10:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document high court chandigarh