IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-7237 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: August 19, 2011 Rajan Dhawan and another …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Jaideep Verma, Advocate for the petitioner s Mr.R.S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab Mr. M.K. Pundir, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3 .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) The petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of FIR No.442 dated 7.12.2008 (Annexure P-1) registered under sections 406 and 498-A IPC at police station Division No.6, Ludhiana and all the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom on the basis of compromises effected between the parties (Annexure P-3 and P-5). Learned counsel for the parties submit that during the pendency of this petition a compromise has been arrived at between the parties and dispute has been amicably settled. They submit that respondents No.2 and 3 are present in court today and have been duly identified by their counsel Mr.M.K. Pundir. They have placed on record affidavits of respondents No.2 and 3 which are taken on Crl.Misc.No.M-7237 of 2011 - 2 - record as Mark ‘A’ and Mark ‘B’ admitting therein the factum of compromise arrived at between the parties. It has further been stated in their affidavits that they have no objection if the FIR and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. Learned counsel for the petitioners and private respondents submit that in view of compromise, the impugned FIR deserves to be quashed. Learned counsel for the State submits that in view of compromise the State will not stand in the way of quashing of the FIR in question. The compromise is in the interest of parties and after the matter has been resolved by an amicable settlement, no useful purpose is likely to be served by continuance of the criminal proceedings. In view of above, the present FIR and the consequent proceedings arising therefrom deserve to be quashed in light of Full Bench judgment of this court in Kulwinder Singh & others vs. State of Punjab, 2007(3) RCR (Crl.) 1052. Resultantly, the petition is allowed. The FIR in question and the subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. August 19, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2