Criminal Misc. No. M-31903 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-31903 of 2008 Date of decision : 09.08.2010 Dwarka Dass Sharma and others ....Petitioners V/s Union Territory, Chandigarh ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Manohar Lall, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarundeep Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Hemant Bassi, Advocate for the U.T. Chandigarh. Mr. Bipan Ghai, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Gahalwat, Advocate for the complainant. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 157 dated 14.08.2008 under Sections 498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Sector 3, Chandigarh and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and matrimonial dispute has been amicably settled. They have placed on record the compromise deed which is taken on record as Mark 'A'. Learned counsel for the parties submit that in view of compromise the impugned FIR be quashed. They submit that complainant and her daughter namely Priyanka Pathak, who was married to son of petitioners No. 1 & 2 are present in Court. They are duly identified by Mr. Ghai, learned Sr. Criminal Misc. No. M-31903 of 2008 2 Advocate for the complainant. Affidavits filed by Vinod Pathak (complainant) and Priyanka Pathak, are taken on record as Mark 'B' and Mark 'C' admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. It has been further stated in the affidavit that complainant has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the U.T. Chandigarh submits that in view of compromise, the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of Full Bench judgment 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. August 09, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE