Criminal Misc. No. 47248-M of 2007 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 47248-M of 2007 Date of decision : February 26, 2008 Bawa Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents **** CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. K.S. Kahlon, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Bhuller, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for respondent No. 1. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Advocate for respondent no. 2/ complainant. RAJESH BINDAL J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing FIR No. 19 dated March 04, 1999 registered under Sections 326, 324 and 34 IPC at Police Station, Dasuya District Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise having been effected between the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably by way of compromise which has been reduced in writing. Copy thereof is placed on record as Annexure P-2. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by the learned counsel for respondent no. 2/complainant. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no Criminal Misc. No. 47248-M of 2007 -2- *** useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 19 dated March 04, 1999 registered under Sections 326, 324 and 34 IPC at Police Station, Dasuya District Hoshiarpur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 26, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge