Criminal Misc. No. M-23750 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-23750 of 2011 Date of decision : 23.09.2011 Jagdish Chand ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Jitender Dhanda, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Sunil Saharan, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner has filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of criminal complaint No. 30 dated 03.05.2010 registered under sections 3 (x) & (xi) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and section 506 IPC at police station Moonak, District Sangrur and all 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 dispute has been amicably settled. They submit that respondent No. 2 is present in court today and has been duly identified by Mr. Sunil Saharan, Advocate for respondent No. 2. They have produced affidavit of Bateri Devi (respondent no. 2) which is taken on record as Mark ‘A’ admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. It has further been Criminal Misc. No. M-23750 of 2011 2 stated in the affidavit that respondent No. 2 has no objection if the complaint and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for respondent No. 2 submit that in view of compromise, the impugned complaint 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 complaint in question. Heard. 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 light of Full Bench judgment of this court in Kulwinder Singh & 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. September 23, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE