Major Singh And Others v. State Of Punjab And Another
-1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 21.11.2025.
MAJOR SINGH AND OTHERS
...Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER
...Respondent(s)
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. R.P. Daaria, Advocate for Ms. Gurvir Kaur Gill, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Savi Nagpal, AAG, Punjab.
Mr. Neeraj Januha, Advocate for Mr.
Vikrant Vij, Advocate for respondent No.2.
VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) Jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') for seeking quashing of FIR No.0062 dated 07.06.2024 under Sections 452, 324, 323, 427, 506, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 registered at Police Station Makhu, District Ferozepur along with all proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated 08.08.2024 (Annexure P-2) entered between the parties. 2.
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Short report by way of affidavit dated 20.11.2025 of Mr. Jaspal Singh, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police(Sub Division), Zira, District
-3Ferozepur on behalf of respondent No.1 has been filed in Court today and the same is taken on record.
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The parties were directed to appear before the learned trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate vide order dated 11.09.2025 of this Court, to get their statements recorded regarding the compromise arrived at between the parties and a report in this regard was called for. 7.
Pursuant to the said order, report has been received from the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Zira, vide Memo No.884 dated 14.11.2025. The relevant extract of the report is reproduced as under:- "After going through the statements of the parties and Investigating officer ASI Ranjit Singh, following report is prepared:- i) As per record, statements of parties and investigating officer, there are six persons namely:-
(1) Major Singh son of Jaswant Singh
(2) Paramjeet Singh son of Jaswant Singh, both residents of Akbar wala Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur
(3) Kuldeep Singh son of Puran Singh, resident of village Khiyali Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur
(4) Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi son of Paramjeet Singh, resident of Burj Mohammad Shah, Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur
(5) Manpreet Singh son of Major Singh, resident of village Khiyali, Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur
(6) Gurlal Singh son of Tarsem Singh, resident of Burj Mohammad Shah Tehsil Zira District Ferozepur arrayed as accused in this FIR. (ii) There is one complainant/Victim namely Satnam Singh son of Teja Singh resident of Village Silewind, Tehsil Zira and District Ferozepur. (iii) As per record and statement of investigating officer all the accused and complainant/victims are party to compromise and they all have appeared in court and suffered statement qua
-4compromise. There were other 8-9 unknown persons as accused mentioned in FIR but they are yet to be identified. iv) As per statement of investigating officer no affected person(accused or complainant) is left out or not arrayed as party in the quashing petition before High Court.
v) As per statement of investigating officer no accused person has been declared as a proclaimed offender/person neither any such proceedings against any accused persons have been initiated or pending adjudication vi) As per statement of parties recorded in the court, compromise effected between the parties appears to be genuine, voluntary and without any coercion or undue influence. There is nothing on the record to suspect the compromise effected between the parties. vii) All the relevant facts are mentioned above.
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It is evident that in view of the amicable resolution of the issues amongst the parties, no useful purpose would be served by continuation of the proceedings. The furtherance of the proceedings is likely to be a waste of judicial time and there appears to be no chances of conviction. 13.
The following relevant factors emerge from perusal of the case as well as the subsequent developments supplementing a case for invocation
-8of the powers under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023:- (i)The petitioner No.1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are in the age bracket of 3040 years whereas petitioners No.5 is 23 year old. Continuation of criminal proceedings will cause severe repercussions to the petitioners in discharge of their social obligations as well as for their career.
(ii)The petitioners are not involved in any other criminal case and they have not been declared as a proclaimed offender/person. (iii)The FIR in question pertains to the year 2024 and trial is still at initial stage. Putting an end to the proceedings will bring peace and tranquility among the parties. (iv)The offence in question cannot be said to be heinous or as an offence that would be shocking to the conscience of the society or public at large. It can also not be termed as one shocking to the conscience of the Court;
(v)Continuation of the proceedings with the complainant unlikely to support the case of the prosecution, would serve no larger public purpose and only result in futile waste of judicial time. 14.
In view of the report of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Zira and the principles laid down by the Apex Court in '
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-9No.0062 dated 07.06.2024, under Sections 452, 324, 323, 427, 506, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 registered at Police Station Makhu, District Ferozepur and all other consequential proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed in view of compromise dated 08.08.2024 (Annexure P2) entered between the parties. 15.
Petition is allowed.
21.11.2025 (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) monika JUDGE 2 )3(4 5 647 2 )* 5 647