Bhupinder Singh Vs State of Punjab and Another

Instant petition has been filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 482 Cr.P.C.), seeking quashing of the below detailed First Information Report (FIR), and all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of the compromise dated 02.04.2025 (Annexure P-2), effected between the parties.

DETAILS OF CRIMINAL CASE:-

FIR	Date	Section(s)	Police Station	District
No.
042	24.02.2025	115(2), 333, 351(2), 351(3) of BNS, 2023	Phillaur	Jalandhar Rural

Initially, vide order dated 19.01.2026, and thereafter, vide order dated 27.03.2026, the affected parties were directed to appear before the learned Trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate, for getting their respective statements recorded with regard to the compromise.

JAWALA RAM 2026.05.06 14:34 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document

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Report has since been received from learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Phillaur, in pursuance to the directions of this Court wherein, the factum of the compromise arrived at between the parties stands verified and confirmed. As per the report(s) 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 private respondents have also made statement to the effect that they 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. The relevant part of the said report is reproduced here-below:

Sr. No.	Descri	ption
1.	Total number of persons found involved as accused in the dispute/FIR	One
2.	Number of complainant/victim(s)	One
3.	Whether all the accused and complainant / victims are party to compromise & signed the same	Yes
4.	In case, any affected person (accused or complainant) is left out or not arrayed as party in the quashing petition before High Court, detail whereof; OR	No
	His/her statement is still to be recorded, in compliance to the direction of this Court, details of such person	--
5.	Whether any accused has been declared as a proclaimed offender/person or any such proceedings against him/her have been initiated or pending adjudication	No
6.	Report of the Court whether compromise is genuine, voluntary, and without any coercion or undue influence	Yes
7.	Any other aspect relevant to the present case.	All the relevant aspects have been detailed above.

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accused other than the petitioners and the private respondents are the only aggrieved person in the FIR in question.

In view of the report of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Phillaur, and the principles laid down by Hon’ble the 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.