IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-23634 of 2008 Date of decision : 04.02.2009 Surender and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Haryana and another ....Respondents. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Rakesh Nehra, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. K.C. Gupta, AAG Haryana. Mr. Anil Kumar Malik, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 had already been divorced by a decree passed by Additional District Judge, Rohtak dated 12.12.2002. Counsel further submits that respondent No. 2 has now married elsewhere and one child was born from the loins of her second husband. The complainant is therefore not at all interested in pursuing her complaint. Complainant is present in the Court today and has been duly identified by her counsel Mr. Anil Kumar Malik. She has also filed an affidavit which is taken on record as mark 'A'. Learned State counsel has no objection if FIR in question is quashed. Counsel for the parties have also referred to the compromise deed, Annexure P-2 to highlight the terms of compromise. The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is Crl. Misc No. M-23634 of 2008 -2- likely to be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR(Crl.), 1052. Resultantly the present petition is allowed, the FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. 04.02.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE