IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc. No. M-29290 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 21.11.2011. Kulwant Rai and others ….Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. H.P.S. Ghuman, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Palwinder Singh, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Neelam Rani-complainant-respondent No.2 in person with her counsel Mr. Devinder Kumar, Advocate NAWAB SINGH, J (ORAL) By filing this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, quashing of First Information Report (for short `FIR’) No.23 dated March 8th, 2006 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323,452 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (for short `IPC’) in Police Station Kotwali Nabha, District Patiala, is sought. Grounds pleaded are that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of respectables. Compromise deed (Annexure P-2) has also been placed on record. Neelam-complainant- injured is present in person. She filed her affidavit stating that there is no ill-will left and she has no objection if the aforesaid FIR and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Complainant is brother’s wife of Kulwant Rai-petitioner No.1. In the circumstances, there cannot be any embargo in allowing the parties to compromise the matter in view of the law laid down by the Five Judge Bench's decision of this Court rendered in Kulwinder Singh & others Vs. State of Punjab and another, 2007 (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052. Thus, this Court is also of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by allowing the criminal proceedings to continue against the petitioners. Criminal Misc. No. M-29290 of 2011 -2- In view of the above, the petition is accepted, FIR No.23 dated March 8th, 2006 (Annexure P1) registered under Sections 323,452 and 506 of the IPC in Police Station Kotwali Nabha, District Patiala and subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are hereby quashed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 21.11.2011 Ishwar