IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.10787-M of 2007 Date of Decision:28.01.2008 Puran Singh and others .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate for Mr. D.K.Bhatti, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. Anupam Bhardwaj, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in the present petition is for quashing of complaint dated 7.2.1998 pending in the Court of Shri Ravinder Singh, JMIC, Tarn Taran under Sections 326, 323, 447, 148, 149 IPC on the basis of compromise arrived at between the parties. 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 factum of the matter having been compromised between the parties is not disputed by counsel for respondent No.2. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), complaint dated 7.2.1998 titled as Shangara Singh v. Puran Singh and others pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Tarn Taran under Sections 326, 323, 447, 148, 149 IPC is quashed. The petition is disposed of. January 28, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE