Crl. Misc. No. M-706 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-706 of 2010 Date of decision : 13.07.2010 Degender Singh @ Ashish and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Haryana and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for respondents No. 2 & 3. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 472 dated 08.07.2009 under Sections 406, 420, 498-A & 506 IPC registered at Police Station Civil Line, Karnal and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, on the basis of compromise dated 23.12.2009 (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. Complainant/respondent No.3 is present in Court. She is duly identified by her counsel. She has filed an affidavit, which is taken on record as Mark 'A' admitting therein the factum of compromise (Annexure P-2) arrived at between the parties. It has been further stated in the affidavit that complainant/respondent No. 3 has no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. An affidavit affirming the terms of compromise has also been filed on behalf of the petitioner No. 1 today in court and the same is taken on record as Mark 'B'. Crl. Misc. No. M-706 of 2010 2 Learned counsel for the State submits that in case a compromise has been 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 by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench judgment 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. July 13, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE