IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 2476 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : April 20, 2009 Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Vivek Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Vishal Munjal, DAG, Punjab Mr. Gurdev Singh, Advocate , for the respondent no. 2 Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 66 dated 16.3.2005 registered under Sections 323, 324, 325, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station City Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of respondent no. 2 complainant who is present in the Court and identified by his counsel Sh. Gurdev Singh. Now the parties have settled the dispute amicably with the intervention of the respectables and common relations. In this regard, reply by way of affidavit of respondent No. 2 dated 20.4.2009 Annexure Annexure A/1 is also placed on the file. Criminal Misc. No. 2476 of 2009 (O&M) -2- In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. More-over, it would be in the interest of peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently F.I.R. No. 66 dated 16.3.2005 registered under Sections 323, 324, 325, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station City Kapurthala and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby ordered to be quashed, qua the petitioner. ( Pritam Pal ) April 20, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'