IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-28164 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: December 23, 2011 Sahib Singh and others ... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Ms.Upasana Dhawan, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Palvinder Singh, Sr. Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent – State. Inderjit Kaur – complainant /respondent No.2 with her counsel Mr.Krishan Sehajpal, Advocate. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioners seek quashing of First Information Report (for short 'FIR') No.277 dated June 24 th, 2008 (Annexure P1) registered under Section 406, 498A of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC'), Police Station Sadar Patiala on the basis of compromise (Annexure P2). 2. Inderjit Kaur – respondent No.2/complainant is present in person. She has stated at bar that she has compromised the matter with the petitioners with the intervention of the relatives and friends. All matrimonial disputes have been amicably settled. She has admitted the compromise-deed (Annexure P2) having been executed between the parties. Having regard to the fact that all matrimonial differences have been resolved, this Court is of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. 3. In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.277 dated June 24 th, 2008 (Annexure P1) registered under Section 406, 498A IPC, Police Station Sadar Patiala and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby quashed. December 23, 2011 ( NAWAB SINGH ) `gian' JUDGE