IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 313 CRM-M-42774-2024 GULAM RABBANI @ AYAN MALIK AND OTHERS ...Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ...Respondents CRM-M-4068-2025 KULDEEP @ BITTU ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ...Respondents Date of decision: March 26, 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Present: Ms. Malika Sobti, Advocate, Mr. Jai Prakash, Advocate and Mr. Tribhuvan Singh Rajpoot, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gagandeep Singh Chhina, AAG, Haryana. Ms. Tanya Vashist, Advocate for respondent No.2. MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J. (ORAL) The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.0210 dated 07.05.2022 (Annexure P-1) under Sections 406, 420, 506 of IPC, 1860 (Sections 201 and 34 IPC added later on) registered at Police Station Sonepat Sadar, District Sonepat and the consequential proceedings arising out of the same, on the basis of compromise/settlement/agreement dated 12.07.2024 (Annexure P-2) arrived at, between the parties. Jaspreet Kaur 2025.03.27 09:27 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CRM-M-42774-2024 and CRM-M-4068-2025 -2- Vide order dated 27.01.2025 of this Court, the parties were directed to appear before the learned trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate on 27.02.2025 to get their statements recorded regarding the compromise arrived at, between them. Report has since been received from learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Sonepat, in pursuance of the directions of this Court, wherein, the factum of the compromise arrived at between the parties stands verified and confirmed. As per the report compromise has indeed been effected between the parties and the same is without any pressure or coercion and out of their free will, and the complainant has also made statement to the effect that he would have no objection if the FIR qua the accused-petitioners is quashed. The trial Court has annexed the statements of the parties in original, along with its report. Learned State counsel too submits that there are no other accused other than the petitioners and respondent No.2 is the only aggrieved person in the FIR in question. In view of the report of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Sonepat, and the principles laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab and others (2012) 10 SCC 303, and also by the Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007(3) RCR (Criminal) 1052, the instant petition is allowed. The aforesaid FIR and all consequential proceedings arising out of it, are quashed. Needless to say the parties shall remain bound by the terms of compromise and their statements recorded before the Court below. Photocopy of this order be placed on file of the connected case. March 26, 2025 (MANJARI NEHRU KAUL) Jaspreet Kaur JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No Jaspreet Kaur 2025.03.27 09:27 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh