Criminal Misc. No. M-9348 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-9348 of 2009 Date of decision: May 22, 2009 Komal Ratti -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. HPS Ghuman, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Farid Singh Virk, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) This is a petition for quashing FIR No. 139 dated 25-7-2000, under Sections 452,354,506 IPC registered at police station Bhadson, District Patiala (Annexure P1) preferred by the complainant on the ground that a compromise has been arrived at between the parties, copy where of is Annexure P2 to the petition. Mr. Ghuman submits that the petition has been filed by the complainant herself, as she does not want to pursue the case. According to counsel, the petitioner and respondent No.2 belong to the same village i.e. village Akalgarh, Tehsil Nabha and their families are also residing there. In order to maintain harmony in the village, the petitioner-complainant does not want to pursue the case. Mr. Ghuman submits that another reason due to which quashing is being sought by the complainant is that respondent No.2/ accused is in Criminal Misc. No. M-9348 of 2009 2 Army and presently posted at Udaipur. The petitioner/complainant is present in Court and is duly identified by her counsel Mr. HPS Ghuman. She has filed an affidavit today itself, reiterating the averments made in the petition and the prayer that FIR in question be quashed. The affidavit is taken on record as mark 'A'. Learned State counsel (on instructions from ASI Gurcharan Singh, from Pervai Cell, who is present in Court) confirms that respondent No.2 is not a proclaimed offender. He further submits that it being private dispute between the parties, the State would not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR . The compromise is in the interest of the parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose shall be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings, which would be a futile exercise. In view of the above, the present FIR deserves 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 and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. [Rajan Gupta] Judge May 22, 2009. 'ask' Criminal Misc. No. M-9348 of 2009 3