BALJIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 247 CRM-M-14129-2021. Date of Decision: 13.05.2026. Baljit Singh ....Petitioner. VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondent. *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manjinder Singh Bhullar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. None for respondent No.2. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) Petitioner-Baljit Singh has filed the instant petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.24 dated 02.02.2021 under Sections 304-A, 279, 427 IPC, registered at Police Station Chattiwind, District Amritsar, on the basis of settlement/compromise dated 23.02.2021 (Annexure P-2). 2. On 26.03.2021, while issuing notice to the respondents, following was recorded:- “Counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon judgments passed by the Co-ordinate Benches of this Court in CRM-M-8117 of 2014 titled as Harvinder Singh vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 08.12.2014; CRM-M-28872 of 2015 titled as Manjit Singh vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 30.09.2015 and CRM-M-37662 of 2020 titled as Lovepreet Singh vs. State of Punjab and another, decided on 19.01.2