IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-14623 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: September 19, 2011 Surinder Pal @ Chhinder Pal and another …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.GPS Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioner s Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab Mr.Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for respondents No.2 to 4 .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of cross case/DDR No.27 dated 21.5.2010 (Annexure P-1) registered under sections 325,452,34 IPC at police station Tanda, District Hoshiarpur and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise (Annexure P-3). Learned counsel for petitioners and respondents No.2 to 4 submit that during the pendency of this petition, a compromise was effected between the petitioners and complainant party i.e. respondents No.2,3 and 4 and dispute has been amicably settled. They have produced affidavits of Sukhdev Ram @ Sukhdev Singh @ Nikke (respondent No.2), Sheena (respondent no.3) and Binder Kaur (respondent No.4) which are taken on record as Mark ‘A’, Mark ‘B’ and Mark Crl.Misc.No.M-14623 of 2011 - 2 - ‘C’, respectively, admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. It has further been stated in the affidavits that respondents No.2,3 and 4 have no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for petitioners as well as learned counsel for respondents No.2 to 4 submit that in view of compromise, the impugned FIR deserves to be quashed. 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. Heard. The compromise is in the interest of 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 light of Full Bench judgment of this court in Kulwinder Singh & others vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. September 19, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2