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CRM-M-30953-2026 -1-
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
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CRM-M-30953-2026
Date of decision: 3rd September, 2026
Jagdeep Singh ...Petitioner Versus
State of Punjab and others ...Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA
Present: Mr. Dhiraj Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Durgesh Garg, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Sahil Siddharth Jain, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3. ***
MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-
The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short-‘BNSS’) for quashing of FIR No. 11 dated 05.02.2026 registered under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of BNS at Police Station Rawalpindi, District Kapurthala and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated 13.05.2026 (Annexure P-2). 2 . This Court vide order dated 27.05.2026 had directed the parties to appear before the trial Court to get their statements recorded and the learned Magistrate was directed to send its report qua the genuineness of the compromise. PARVEEN SHARMA 2026.09.03 18:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
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3. Pursuant to the aforesaid order, parties have appeared before the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Phagwara and got their statements recorded. On the basis of the statements so recorded, learned Judge has submitted report dated 29.08.2026 to the effect that the compromise has been effected between the parties voluntarily and without any coercion or undue influence. 4. Learned State counsel as well as counsel for respondents No.2 and 3 have not disputed the factum of compromise between the parties. 5. In view of the above, no useful purpose would be served to continue with the proceedings before the trial Court in the instant FIR. 6. Following the principles laid down by the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Versus State of Punjab and another 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 and approved by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Gian Singh Versus State of Punjab and others (2012) 10 SCC 303, this petition is allowed and FIR No. 11 dated 05.02.2026 registered under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of BNS at Police Station Rawalpindi, District Kapurthala and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated 13.05.2026(Annexure P-2) are quashed qua the petitioner. [MANISHA BATRA]
JUDGE 3rd September, 2026 Parveen Sharma
1. Whether speaking/ reasoned
: Yes / No
2.
Whether reportable
: Yes / No PARVEEN SHARMA 2026.09.03 18:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document