Criminal Misc. No. M-7893 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-7893 of 2009 Date of decision : 09.11.2010 Kesar Singh & Ors. ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Advocate as Amicus Curiae. Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The present case has been treated as a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of the FIR No. 34 dated 01.12.1998 registered under Sections 498A/494/408/406 & 120-B IPC and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. The matter was entertained on the basis of letter received from the court below wherein it was mentioned that during the pendency of trial, the parties moved a joint application in the pre Mega Lok Adalat held on 11.12.2008 stating therein that they may be allowed to compound the matter as they had amicably settled the dispute. The compromise had also been reduced to writing. However, the matter being non-compoundable, it was referred to this court for appropriate orders. Vide order dated 03.02.2009, this court (Surya Kant J) directed that the matter be treated as a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR. Mr. Deepak Gupta, who was appointed as amicus curiae, while assisting the court, submitted that both the parties appeared before the Daily Criminal Misc. No. M-7893 of 2009 2 Lok Adalat of this Court and made their respective statements. He has referred to order dated 07.05.2010 in this regard which reads thus:- “Statements of Kesar Singh and his wife Paramjit Kaur have been recorded. They have compromised and have no objection for quashing of the FIR No. 34 dated 1.12.1998, under Sections 498-A and 494 IPC, registered at Police Station Chamkaur Sahib. The FIR was registered by Isher Singh, father of Paramjit Kaur, who is reported to have died. The case is sent back to the Hon’ble High Court for appropriate orders as Lok Adalat cannot disposed of this petition one of the offence being non-compoundable.” It is evident that the entire matrimonial dispute has been amicably resolved by the parties. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it will be in the interest of the parties that FIR in question is quashed. No useful purpose is likely to be served with continuance of the criminal proceedings in view of amicable settlement of the same. In view of the decision of Full Bench of this Court in Kulwinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab, 2007 (3) RCR (Crl.) 1052 the present FIR and the consequent proceedings deserve to be quashed. Resultantly, the present petition is allowed and the FIR and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. November 09, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE