IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-30014 of 2008 Date of decision : 23.03.2009 Sukhpal Singh and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Gurvinder Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Jaspreet Singh AAG Punjab. Mr. Simranjeet Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 106 dated 20.10.2001 (Annexure P-I) registered under sections 498A/406/109 IPC at police station Nathana, district Bathinda and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. Both petitioner No. 1 i.e. husband and respondent No. 2 i.e. wife are present in Court. Both of them have stated that they are now living together and have compromised the matter. The complainant/respondent No. 2 has stated that she has no interest in pursuing the FIR in question and thus the same be quashed on the basis of compromise. The affidavit is taken on record as mark 'A'. They have been duly identified by their respective counsel. Learned counsel for the respondent No. 2 has stated that an affidavit has been filed on behalf of the complainant/respondent No. 2 in which it has been stated that petitioners and respondent No. 2 have Crl. Misc No. M-30014 of 2008 -2- compromised the matter. 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 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. 23.03.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE