Criminal Misc. No. M-33348 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-33348 of 2010 Date of decision : 14.12.2010 Sanjeev Kumar Jain ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vaneet Soni, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG Punjab. Mr. Animesh Sharma, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 179 dated 16.05.2010 under Sections 406/498-A IPC, registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Patiala and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and the entire dispute has been amicably settled. Respondent No. 2/complainant is present in court today. She is duly identified by her counsel. She has filed an affidavit, which is taken on record as Mark 'A' 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. Criminal Misc. No. M-33348 of 2010 2 Learned counsel for the State 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. December 14, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE