IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 24619 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : December 02, 2008 Swaranjit Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Onkar Singh, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. IPS Sidhu, Sr. DAG Punjab Mr. Mandeep K. Saajan, Advocate, for respondent no. 2 Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of F.I.R. No. 31 dated 17.2.2007 under Sections 323, 325, 34 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Sadar Gurdaspur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom. Without going into any further details, suffice it to say that the aforesaid case was registered at the instance of respondent no. 2 Pishora Singh who is present in the Court along with his counsel Sh. Mandeep K. Saajan, Advocate. Parties are stated to be closely related inter-se. With the intervention of the respectables, they have now arrived at a compromise. In this regard, counsel for the petitioner has made a reference to compromise deed dated 10.7.2008. The prosecution evidence in this case is yet to be recorded. Criminal Misc. -M No. 24619 of 2008 (O&M) -2- In the given facts and circumstances, this Court feels that no useful purpose would be served if the proceedings in the case in hand are allowed to continue. It would be in the interest of peace and harmony between the parties to close the chapter of this case. In the result, this petition succeeds and consequently, F.I.R. No. 31 dated 17.2.2007 under Sections 323, 325, 34 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Sadar Gurdaspur and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, are hereby ordered to be quashed. ( Pritam Pal ) December 02, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'