IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-5549 of 2009 Date of decision : 17.04.2009 Rakesh Kumar @ Happy and Others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Jasjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab for the respondent No. 1-State. Mr. SPS Tinna, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 143 dated 13.11.2003 registered under Sections 379, 324, 323, 506, 148, 149 IPC at police station Cantt. District Ferozepur (Annexure P-1) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. Counsel for the petitioners as well as respondent No. 2 have pointed out that both the parties are present in Court today. 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 compromised the matter. The complainant/respondent No. 2 has further stated that he 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'. Crl. Misc No. M-5549 of 2009 -2- Learned counsel for the State submits that in case there is compromise arrived at between the parties, 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 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. 17.04.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE