IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-10041 of 2009 Date of decision : 17.07.2009 Manjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. H.S. Baath, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. Mr. Gurbaksh Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No. 1060 dated 06.12.2000 registered under Sections 406, 498-A, 341 and 506 IPC at Police Station Sadar, Patiala (Annexure P-1) and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromise. Counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that the petitioner is present in Court today and has been duly identified by him. Counsel for respondent No. 2 has stated that complainant/respondent No. 2 is not present as she is stated to have remarried and settled. However, counsel submits that her father is present in Court and has been duly identified by him. An affidavit has been filed on behalf of father of respondent No. 2 which is taken on record as Mark 'A'. An affidavit of respondent No. 2 (Annexure P-3) is already on record in which it has been stated that petitioner and respondent No. 2 have compromised the matter and she has Crl. Misc No. M-10041 of 2009 -2- no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings be quashed. The petitioner and respondent No. 2 are stated to have separated by decree of divorce. Copy whereof is Annexure P-2 to the petition. Learned counsel for the State submits that in case compromise is 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 with continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of the above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in the light of the decision of Full Bench 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. 17.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE