Criminal Misc. No. 52915-M of 2007 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 52915-M of 2007 Date of decision : March 05, 2008 Satnam Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. S.S. Behl, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent no.1. None for respondent no.2 despite service is complete. 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. 161 dated October 03, 2006 registered under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC at Police Station Model Town, Ludhiana 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 Jaspriya Kaur has also been placed on record as Annexures P-3 in which complainant while admitting factum of compromise stated that she has no objection if the said FIR is cancelled or withdrawn. On October 30, 2007, before learned Additional District Judge(Adhoc), Fast Track Court, Ludhiana, both petitioner as well as complainant suffered their statements to the effect that they have not been able to reconcile and there is no scope for them to live together. The parties have settled all their disputes for all times to come regarding dowry articles and past & future alimony. Now nothing is due against each other. Even the divorce has been granted in a petition filed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide order dated Criminal Misc. No. 52915-M of 2007 -2- **** October 30, 2007 passed by learned Additional District Judge (Adhoc), Fast Track Court, Ludhiana. 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. Once the matter has been compromised between the parties, no useful purpose will be served in proceeding with the prosecution. Accordingly, considering the law laid down by this Court in Kulwinder Singh's case (supra), FIR No. 161 dated October 03, 2006 registered under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC at Police Station Model Town, Ludhiana. and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom are quashed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. March 05, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge