IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-2140 of 2010 Date of Decision: March 15, 2010 Rajive Kumar .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Another .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent No.1. Ms. Priyanka, respondent No.2 in person. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing FIR No.16 dated 3.3.2009 under Sections 406, 498-A IPC registered with Police Station, Division No.1, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that on account of a matrimonial dispute, respondent No.2, Priyanka, got the FIR lodged. The matter was carried to the Mediation Centre in proceedings in Criminal Miscellaneous Crl. Misc. No. M-2140 of 2010 [2] No.M-10619 of 2009. The proceedings have been placed on record as Annexure P-1 which indicate that all the disputes have been settled by way of amicable settlement. Respondent No.2 Priyanka, is present in Court alongwith her father Mr. Kuldip Lekhi, and states that a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- is yet to be released to the respondent-complainant. The complainant has already given her statement in proceedings under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act and divorce by way of mutual consent has already been granted by the Court having competent jurisdiction at Moga on 17.2.2010. The petitioner who is present in Court, duly identified by his counsel Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate, admits that the respondent- complainant has given the statement and divorce has been granted. I have considered the issue. It seems that on account of matrimonial dispute, FIR came to be lodged. The matter has been settled by way of compromise. Terms of compromise have been placed on record as Annexure P-1. A draft of Rs.1 lac dated 4.8.2009 drawn at ICICI Bank Limited, Ludhiana was deposited with the Court and handed over on 10.9.2009 to the complainant. Respondent- Crl. Misc. No. M-2140 of 2010 [3] complainant was required to withdraw the case. In such circumstances, respondent No.2 makes a statement before this Court that she does not want to prosecute the petitioner and divorce by way of mutual consent has already been granted. In view of the above, the petition is allowed. FIR No.16 dated 3.3.2009 under Sections 406, 498-A IPC registered with Police Station, Division No.1, Ludhiana and consequent proceedings are hereby quashed. It is further directed that a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- that has been deposited, be released in favour of the respondent-complainant as the terms of compromise have been abided by the respondent. This is in view of the fact that respondent No.2 has given her statement before the Court dealing with the petition filed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act. (AJAI LAMBA) March 15, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?