IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

324 CRM-M-10568-2026 RAVI SINGH AND OTHERS ....PETITIONERS V/s STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ....RESPONDENTS Date of decision: 23.03.2026 Date of Uploading: 23.03.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. S.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Gaurav Gurcharan S. Rai, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Amritpal Singh, Advocate for Mr. R.S. Sangha, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3.

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SUMEET GOEL , J . ORAL

1. The present 2^nd petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 for quashing of FIR No.523 dated 21.12.2024 under Sections 117(2), 191(3), 190 of BNS (Sections 115(2), 117(2), 238 of BNS added later on), registered at Police Station City Barnala and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise dated 19.12.2025 (Annexure P-3), which is stated to have been effected between the parties.

2. On 23.02.2026, the following order was passed:

“The petitioner has approached this Court seeking quashing of FIR and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom on the basis of a compromise having been effected between the parties.

Notice of motion.

Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the

respondents/State.

At this juncture, Mr. R.S. Sangha, Advocate causes appearance on behalf

of respondents no.2 and 3 and has filed his vakalatnama.

The parties are directed to get their statements recorded qua the factum of compromise in the following manner:

(i) The petitioners shall appear before the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate concerned on 27.2.2026 or any date thereafter as fixed by trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate for recording statements of the petitioners as well as of the complainant qua the factum of compromise. As and when any such appearance is made, the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate shall do the needful for recording the statements of the parties qua the factum of the compromise. It shall be open to the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate to either record the statements of the parties by physical process or by video conferencing as deemed appropriate by the trial Court/ Illaqa Magistrate. (ii) In case the statement is to be recorded by way of video conferencing, the parties concerned shall be duly identified through video conferencing by their respective counsel, subject to the satisfaction of the Presiding Officer.

(iii) The trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate may also choose to get the statements of the parties recorded through some Commissioner, appointed by the Court who would be some Advocate having sufficient standing at the Bar. In case the statement is recorded through some Commissioner, such Commissioner/Advocate shall furnish an affidavit after recording statements to the effect that the parties had appeared before him/her and he/she had recorded their statements as per law and that the said parties had been duly identified by their respective counsel. This shall be subject to satisfaction of trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate.

After recording the statements of all the affected parties in either of the aforesaid manner, the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate shall submit its report on the basis of the statements so recorded as to whether all the affected parties have entered into a compromise and as to whether the compromise in question is found to be a valid compromise and has been effected without there being any kind of influence or coercion. The trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate shall also report as regards the following facts after seeking information from Investigating Officer, concerned:

(i) Whether there is any other accused other than the petitioners, arrayed in this petition?

(ii) Whether there is any other complainant or affected/ aggrieved party other than the respondents, arrayed in the petition?

(iii) Whether any accused has been declared Proclaimed Offender?

The report be submitted before this Court before the next date of hearing i.e. 23.3.2026.”

3. Pursuant to the aforesaid order, report dated 20.03.2026 from Judicial Magistrate Ist C