Criminal Misc. No. 39816-M of 2007 -1- *** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 39816-M of 2007 Date of decision : February 26, 2008 Mohinder Pal Jassal, MC .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mrs. Amarjit Khurana, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent no.1. Ms. Rupinderjit Chahal, Advocate for respondent No. 2/ complainant. RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for quashing of FIR No. 45 dated March 08, 2003 registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC at Police Station City, Khanna and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably. The affidavit of Happy, who is son of complainant Gurbachan Singh has been placed on record in which he while admitting factum of compromise stated that his father, who lodged the FIR in question had already expired and he has no objection if the FIR in question is quashed. Reliance has been placed upon a five Judge Bench judgment of this Court in Kulwinder Singh v. State of Punjab 2007 (3) Law Herald (P&H) 2225. The facts stated by the petitioners are not disputed by counsel for respondent no. 2/complainant. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Criminal Misc. No. 39816-M of 2007 -2- *** Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 45 dated March 08, 2003 registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC at Police Station City, Khanna and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. February 26, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge